Posted on Nov 4, 2021
Climate change: Facebook fails to flag denial, study finds
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Doesn't surprise me... all they care about is the $$$...
..."Role of Facebook
This appears to be a particular issue on Facebook.
Counter-extremism think tank the ISD discovered during the 2021 German election that most of the top shared posts relating to renewable energy on the site (18 out of 25) either doubted climate change or criticised climate action. They found a similar trend on conversations around fossil fuels, with most of the top shared posts on Facebook (19 out of 25) arguing against climate action.
On Twitter, on the other hand, the trend was reversed with most posts on the subjects promoting the scientific evidence or in support of climate action."...
..."Role of Facebook
This appears to be a particular issue on Facebook.
Counter-extremism think tank the ISD discovered during the 2021 German election that most of the top shared posts relating to renewable energy on the site (18 out of 25) either doubted climate change or criticised climate action. They found a similar trend on conversations around fossil fuels, with most of the top shared posts on Facebook (19 out of 25) arguing against climate action.
On Twitter, on the other hand, the trend was reversed with most posts on the subjects promoting the scientific evidence or in support of climate action."...
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It's nice that Facebook tries a little to stop bogus information, but it's not really their responsibility, or is it? Morally yes, legally probably not..... I don't know...
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