The publisher of Online Information Review wishes to retract the article Shin D., Jitkajornwanich K., Lim, J.S., Spyridou, A. (2024), Debiasing misinformation: how do people diagnose health recommendations from AI? Online Information Review, Vol. 48(5), 1025-1044. https://doi.org/10.1108/OIR-04-2023-0167. It has come to our attention that the article did not comply with the requirements for ethical research practices involving human subjects. Specifically, that human subjects data reported in this publication were collected without required prior review or approval from the Texas Tech University IRB or other authorized ethics oversight body. The Online Information Review author guidelines make it clear that authors have an ethical obligation and responsibility to conduct their research in adherence to national and international research ethics guidelines, as well as the ethical principles outlined by their discipline and any relevant authorities, and to be transparent about their research methods in such a way that all involved in the publication process may fairly and appropriately evaluate your work. It should, however, be noted that no co-authors other than the first author were involved in the human subjects components of the article or bear responsibility for the violations. The decision to retract has been informed by COPE’s guidelines on retractions and Emerald’s publishing ethics. The publisher of the journal sincerely apologizes to the readers.
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