Google urged to step up efforts to demonetise climate falsehoods


The open letter, addressed to Google chief Sundar Pichai and endorsed by thousands of signatories, comes in the wake of major hurricanes in the United States sparking an avalanche of disinformation and just weeks before the UN COP29 climate summit. — AP

WASHINGTON: Civil society groups implored Google on Oct 24 to rigorously enforce its policy to demonetise environmental disinformation, saying ads placed alongside climate denial content persistently popped up despite the tech titan’s pledge to crack down.

The open letter, addressed to Google chief Sundar Pichai and endorsed by thousands of signatories, comes in the wake of major hurricanes in the United States sparking an avalanche of disinformation and just weeks before the UN COP29 climate summit.

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