Facebook and climate change: can falsehoods be reined in?

By failing to do even the bare minimum to address the spread of climate denial information, Meta is exacerbating the climate crisis, Imran said in a statement. — Reuters

TBILISI: Facebook’s pledge to tackle falsehoods about global warming came under scrutiny on Feb 23 as a study found the social media giant failed to flag up half of posts that promote climate change denial.

The report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a London-based nonprofit, comes as Facebook’s parent Meta has faced mounting criticism for its role in helping spread misinformation on the issue.