An angry crowd in Mongbwalu burned down an Ebola treatment tent, according to thenewhumanitarian.org. The international response to the incident involved increased efforts in risk communication, education, and correction of misinformation, as reported by thenewhumanitarian.org. Social media are being used to deny the existence of Ebola and its treatment, and misinformation is making it harder for health officials to do their work, according to bluesky.

In the United States, lawmakers in the California State Assembly, Massachusetts, and Minnesota are proposing bills to regulate social media access for young people, framing it as a public health epidemic or mental health crisis, despite lack of settled science, according to eff.org. The research used to justify such bans is far from settled, eff.org reported.

Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram, testified in social media addiction trials, according to techoversight.org. He reportedly pretended that deleting data doesn't prove culpability and that his own words acknowledging social media addiction meant nothing, according to techoversight.org. Meta has a document-deletion regime and a codeword for addiction, according to techoversight.org. Meta also rolled back safety features that impacted its growth, according to techoversight.org. The architecture of social media is characterized by pseudonymity, rapid information dissemination, and a lack of robust moderation mechanisms, according to clrn.org.