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Climate: The science may be settled, but the press coverage isn’t | Ars Technica
by John Timmer
July 31, 2020
Lots of the mainstream press has struggled with a desire to maintain what they think is objectivity in the face…
Targeting Greta Thunberg: A Case Study in Online Mis/Disinformation | The German Marshall Fund
by Eli Weiner, Laura Schwartz-Henderson, Emily Boardman Ndulue, and Aashka Dave
July 23, 2020
The German Marshall Fund’s Digital Innovation and Democracy Initiative worked with MediaCloud to examine misinformation and disinformation related to the…
Africa can become a renewable energy superpower – if climate deniers are kept at bay | The Guardian
by Mohamed Adow
July 23, 2020
The power of climate science denial in the UK, thankfully, has been in retreat over the past decade. Nigel Lawson’s…
How Facebook Handles Climate Misinformation | The New York Times
by Veronica Penney
July 17, 2020
As Covid-19 spread across the globe early this year, Facebook went into action to combat potentially dangerous disinformation on its…
Adriana DiSilvestro
July 6, 2020
How climate change misinformation spreads online | Carbon Brief
by Kathie Treen, Dr Hywel Williams, & Dr Saffron O’Neill
June 30, 2020
The rapid rise of social media over the past two decades has brought with it a surge in misinformation. Online…
Facebook Is Taking Down Coronavirus Misinformation Posts But Not Ones About Vaccines Or Climate Change | BuzzFeed News
by Alex Kantrowitz
May 26, 2020
In January 2020, Facebook executives began paying attention to a new coronavirus spreading across the globe. The virus was deadly…
How to Cover Climate Change like We’re Covering the Coronavirus | Nieman Reports
by Robert Chaney
March 25, 2020
Consider this thought experiment: The problem of _____ [insert problem] will cause major upheavals in life as we know it…
Greta Thunberg’s Online Attackers Reveal a Grim Pattern | WIRED
by Emma Grey Ellis
March 6, 2020
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is 17 years old, legally a minor. Despite her age, in the past week, numerous…