That our industry sponsored studies on the effects of social media, and buried the studies that showed harm? One hopes not, but the scenario where an industry s

That our industry sponsored studies on the effects of social media, and buried the studies that showed harm? One hopes not, but the scenario where an industry sponsors studies into the harmfulness of its own products, has proven over and over again to be a recipe for bad science. And as this article shows, the file drawer effect can cause billions of QALYs of harm. Now would be the time do do something about it, not 30-40 years from now. The high bit is that all studies must be registered in advance and report their data. If you're a researcher, you shouldn't agree to do a study where the results won't be reported if the sponsor doesn't like them.