Thai Elderly Vulnerable to Fake News, Medicine Scams: Researcher

Pravit Rojanaphruk
Khao Sod English

BANGKOK — Elderly Thais are highly vulnerable to fraudulent medicines and health supplements advertised on social and mass media, research by Mahidol University has warned.


Nuntiya Doungphummes, a researcher at Mahidol University’s Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, has found that older demographics do not sufficiently verify the authenticity of health products advertised to them – leaving them vulnerable to fraud, scams and dangerous products.


“They lack skills in consuming [information]. On Line, they often do not finish reading before passing [information] on,” said Nuntiya whose subjects were found in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Nakhon Srithammarat, Suphan Buri and Sakol Nakorn.

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