Misinformation on Social Media

THE MEDICAL RECORD: CANNABIS CONSUMPTION & SUNSCREEN MISINFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Nadia Alam, family doctor and anesthetist in Georgetown, Ontario, Dr. Aaron Schimmer, the Director of Research at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre as well as a staff physician and a senior scientist, and Dr. Fahad Razak, Canada Research Chair in Data Informed Healthcare Improvement at the University of Toronto and a general internist at a Toronto hospital. Today: our panel reacts to the latest dangerous social media trend trying to push misinformation about sunscreen...our doctors debunk that. And, in the States, daily cannabis consumption has jumped ahead of daily alcohol consumption. WHY ARE UNIONS DEFENDING ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTERS? Libby Znaimer is joined, first, by tech reporter Carmi Levy, followed by Howard Levitt, Senior Partner at Levitt Sheikh Employment | Labour Law and Michael Teper of Save Our Schools. We’ve just been talking about the latest piece of health misinformation purveyed on social media and consumed mostly by young people on Tik Tok. Here at home, five additional school boards in Ontario are joining  a lawsuit against social media giants including Tik Tok, Meta, and Snapchat, in which they allege that these social media apps are harming the well-being of students and hurting their academic growth. AND: Powerful unions have been expressing their support for anti-Israel protesters at the UofT encampment. From CUPE's President Fred Hahn to the President of the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) to the Ontario Public Service Employees’ Union (OPSEU) and other groups who showed up to the UofT campus to show support. One union leader even said: "“If the police come, we will be your human shields. We will be your line of defense. And I promise you that we will be here for as long as it takes to make sure that you are safe.” What rights do they have? Meanwhile some groups are calling on the TDSB to keep politics out of the classroom amid the Israeli-Hamas war. A motion being led by school board trustee Weidong Pei includes guidelines to prevent TDSB resources from being used for political activism. WHAT A NEW REPORT TELLS US ABOUT CANADIANS AND DEBT Libby Znaimer is now joined by Lesley-Anne Scorgie, founder of MeVest, a leading-edge financial education company specializing in money coaching for Canadians. According to a TransUnion report, more Canadians are seeing very high credit card balances amid inflation and the high cost of living.