Instagram is recommending new users in the US follow an account linked to a "healer" who claimed he could use herbs to cure AIDS, cancer, and other diseases. "Dr. Sebi," whose clients reportedly included Michael Jackson and John Travolta, said that modern medicine was wrong and that all illnesses were ultimately caused caused by excess "mucus." The decision by the social network's algorithm is likely exposing tens of thousands of people to this dangerous medical misinformation. One expert...

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