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Climate change denial on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and TikTok is ‘as bad as ever’

Yahoo Finance · Jessica Guynn · last updated
Climate scientists say they’re frustrated by the lack of progress in stemming the tide of climate change misinformation. ►’The future of this planet is at stake’: Report pressures Facebook, YouTube and Twitter to battle climate lies►Climate change misinformation: Facebook says it cracked down on climate change lies. Facebook expanded information labels on posts about climate change to direct users to its “Climate Science Information Center” and YouTube stopped running ads denying climate change. TikTok videos generate 1.53 million viewsVideos using hashtags associated with climate change denial generated 1.53 million views. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Climate change: Misinformation on Facebook, YouTube ‘as bad as ever’
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