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Joe Rogan Is Fueling Climate Misinformation on TikTok, Watchdogs Warn
The actor-turned-podcaster recently touted the so-called “Adam and Eve” conspiracy theory to play down the climate crisis and criticize efforts to curb it. The clip has since gone viral.
By Kristoffer Tigue
A clip of celebrity podcaster Joe Rogan touting a conspiracy theory that links global warming to Earth’s magnetic field has gone viral on TikTok, despite the platform’s new policy prohibiting climate misinformation, a new report warns. It’s the latest report to highlight how Big Tech companies continue to fuel false and misleading claims about climate change online, an issue that some experts say has become a top threat to the global effort to curb rising temperatures.
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