Key Takeaways
A fair amount of sexual health info posted on TikTok is inaccurate
More than 20% of TikToks created by non-medical influencers contained inaccuracies, compared to 3% of videos made by health care professionals
An even greater percentage of abortion-related TikToks were inaccurate
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