diff --git a/src/app/features/preprints/components/preprint-details/general-information/general-information.component.html b/src/app/features/preprints/components/preprint-details/general-information/general-information.component.html
index a20d43ff2..96f5793c1 100644
--- a/src/app/features/preprints/components/preprint-details/general-information/general-information.component.html
+++ b/src/app/features/preprints/components/preprint-details/general-information/general-information.component.html
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ <h3>{{ 'preprints.preprintStepper.review.sections.authorAssertions.publicData' |
               <p>{{ 'preprints.preprintStepper.review.sections.authorAssertions.noData' | translate }}</p>
             }
             @case (ApplicabilityStatus.Unavailable) {
-              {{ preprintValue.whyNoData }}
+              {{ preprintValue.whyNoData | fixSpecialChar }}
             }
             @case (ApplicabilityStatus.Applicable) {
               @for (link of preprintValue.dataLinks; track $index) {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ <h3>
               </p>
             }
             @case (ApplicabilityStatus.Unavailable) {
-              {{ preprintValue.whyNoPrereg }}
+              {{ preprintValue.whyNoPrereg | fixSpecialChar }}
             }
             @case (ApplicabilityStatus.Applicable) {
               @switch (preprintValue.preregLinkInfo) {
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ <h3>{{ 'preprints.details.supplementalMaterials' | translate }}</h3>
           <h3>{{ 'preprints.preprintStepper.review.sections.authorAssertions.conflictOfInterest' | translate }}</h3>
 
           @if (preprintValue.hasCoi) {
-            {{ preprintValue.coiStatement }}
+            {{ preprintValue.coiStatement | fixSpecialChar }}
           } @else {
             <p>{{ 'preprints.preprintStepper.review.sections.authorAssertions.noCoi' | translate }}</p>
           }
diff --git a/src/app/features/preprints/components/preprint-details/general-information/general-information.component.ts b/src/app/features/preprints/components/preprint-details/general-information/general-information.component.ts
index cfe1039bd..608628a48 100644
--- a/src/app/features/preprints/components/preprint-details/general-information/general-information.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/preprints/components/preprint-details/general-information/general-information.component.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { ContributorsListComponent } from '@osf/shared/components/contributors-l
 import { IconComponent } from '@osf/shared/components/icon/icon.component';
 import { TruncatedTextComponent } from '@osf/shared/components/truncated-text/truncated-text.component';
 import { ResourceType } from '@osf/shared/enums/resource-type.enum';
+import { FixSpecialCharPipe } from '@osf/shared/pipes/fix-special-char.pipe';
 import {
   ContributorsSelectors,
   GetBibliographicContributors,
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ import { PreprintDoiSectionComponent } from '../preprint-doi-section/preprint-do
     IconComponent,
     AffiliatedInstitutionsViewComponent,
     ContributorsListComponent,
+    FixSpecialCharPipe,
   ],
   templateUrl: './general-information.component.html',
   styleUrl: './general-information.component.scss',
diff --git a/src/app/shared/helpers/format-bad-encoding.helper.ts b/src/app/shared/helpers/format-bad-encoding.helper.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8df1c1d44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/helpers/format-bad-encoding.helper.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export function replaceBadEncodedChars(text: string) {
+  return text.replace(/&amp;/gi, '&').replace(/&lt;/gi, '<').replace(/&gt;/gi, '>');
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/services/meta-tags.service.ts b/src/app/shared/services/meta-tags.service.ts
index 28e1c1ec6..8cea2c55d 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/services/meta-tags.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/services/meta-tags.service.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { Meta, MetaDefinition, Title } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 
 import { ENVIRONMENT } from '@core/provider/environment.provider';
 import { PrerenderReadyService } from '@core/services/prerender-ready.service';
+import { replaceBadEncodedChars } from '@osf/shared/helpers/format-bad-encoding.helper';
 
 import { MetadataRecordFormat } from '../enums/metadata-record-format.enum';
 import { HeadTagDef } from '../models/meta-tags/head-tag-def.model';
@@ -274,7 +275,8 @@ export class MetaTagsService {
       const titleTag = headTags.find((tag) => tag.attrs.name === 'citation_title');
 
       if (titleTag?.attrs.content) {
-        this.title.setTitle(`${String(this.defaultMetaTags.siteName)} | ${String(titleTag.attrs.content)}`);
+        const title = `${String(this.defaultMetaTags.siteName)} | ${String(titleTag.attrs.content)}`;
+        this.title.setTitle(replaceBadEncodedChars(title));
       }
     }
   }