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# Fake responses threaten online health studies, UCR finds
- URL: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/noteworthy/fake-responses-threaten-online-health-studies-ucr-finds/
- Published: 2026-06-18T19:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T14:05:00.000Z
- Author: Gazette Staff
- Tags: Education, #brief, #herald-noteworthy:6a32f25e9837400001f9ff76:1

A UCR-led study finds that [fake and duplicate responses pose a serious threat to online health research](https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2026/06/11/fraud-detection-critical-online-health-research-study-finds?ref=raincrossgazette.com), with researchers screening out more than 9,000 of 9,321 submissions before verifying just 251 as legitimate.