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. 2021 Jun 1:4:623794.
doi: 10.3389/fdata.2021.623794. eCollection 2021.

Social Media Big Data: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (Un)truths

Alton M K Chew  1   2 , Dinesh Visva Gunasekeran  1
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Social Media Big Data: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (Un)truths

Alton M K Chew et al. Front Big Data. .
No abstract available

Keywords: big data; coronavirus—COVID-19; health promotion; public health; social media.

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Conflict of interest statement

Author DG reports directly relevant equity investment in AskDr, an online health community (OHC). 22 Author DG reports other equity investments in Doctorbell (acquired by MaNaDr, Mobile Health), VISRE, and Shyfts that are not relevant to the content of this manuscript. Author DG also reports appointment as Physician Leader (Telemedicine) at Raffles Medical Group, and serving as an advisor to university-affiliated technology developers and start-up companies involved in the development of patient engagement systems in Southeast Asia. The remaining author declares that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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