Brazilians know all about fake news. Digital hucksters have attacked the integrity of Brazil’s electronic voting system, baselessly accused adversaries of “teaching” homosexuality in…
Focus Tag: Climate Change
How to Spot—and Help Stop—Climate Misinformation | NRDC
For the first time in its history, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has named the spread of climate…
Twitter bans climate change propaganda ads | The Washington Post
Twitter is banning advertisements that promote climate change denial in an effort to curb the reach of groups seeking to…
Climate Misinformation on Social Media Is Undermining Climate Action | NRDC
To hear some climate scientists and activists tell it, there are actually encouraging signs that climate skepticism is on the…
Pinterest bans climate misinformation | Slate
Last week, Pinterest announced that it would be banning climate change misinformation from its platform, including content that denies the…
Pinterest bans all climate change misinformation on its platform | TechCrunch
Pinterest announced today it’s becoming the first major digital platform to introduce a comprehensive misinformation policy designed to combat false…
Misinformation is stopping renewable energy projects | NPR
A wind turbine is silhouetted against the sky at sunset near Ellsworth, Kansas. The 300-foot-tall turbine is among the 134…
Facebook is letting a lot of climate change denial slide despite promises to flag it, study finds | Nieman Journalism Lab
Facebook is failing to label many posts from websites most likely to publish climate change misinformation, according to a new…
Frances Haugen’s lawyers accuse Facebook of misleading investors about covid and climate misinformation in Securities and Exchange Commission complaints | The Washington Post
A pair of whistleblower complaints filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission this month allege Facebook misled investors about its…
Scientists target PR and ad firms they accuse of spreading disinformation | Reuters
WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - More than 450 scientists on Wednesday called on the executives of major advertising and public…