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Focus Tag: Climate Change
How to Spot—and Help Stop—Climate Misinformation | NRDC
by Courtney Lindwall
April 26, 2022
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
by Naomi Nix
April 25, 2022
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
by Jeff Turrentine
April 21, 2022
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
by Aaron Mak
April 12, 2022
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
by Sarah Perez
April 6, 2022
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
by Julia Simon
March 28, 2022
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
by Shraddha Chakradhar
February 25, 2022
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
by Cat Zakrzewski
February 21, 2022
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
by Valerie Volcovici
January 20, 2022
WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - More than 450 scientists on Wednesday called on the executives of major advertising and public…