Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies Against Health Misinformation: A Scoping Review of Public Health Responses.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted how infodemics-an excessive amount of both accurate and misleading information-undermine health responses. Artificial intelligence (AI) and digital tools have been increasingly applied to monitor, detect, and counter health misinformation online. This scoping review aims to systematically map digital and AI-based interventions, describing their applications, outcomes, ethical and equity implications, and policy frameworks. Methods: This review followed the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology and was reported according to PRISMA-ScR. The protocol was preregistered on the Open Science Framework . Searches were conducted in PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, and CINAHL (January 2017-March 2025). Two reviewers independ

SUBMITTER: Cianciulli A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12564032 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature