They thought they were doing good but it made people worse': why mental health apps are under scrutiny

Last year, the US Federal Trade Commission handed BetterHelp a $7.8m (6.1m) fine after the agency found that it had deceived consumers and shared sensitive data with third parties for advertising purposes, despite promising to keep such information private.

Instead of being an isolated exception, research suggests that such privacy violations are too common within the vast industry of mental health apps, which includes virtual therapy services, mood trackers, mental fitness coaches, digitised forms of cognitive behavioural therapy and chatbots.

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