Posted on 12/05/2022 1:29:46 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Lies about climate change on Twitter escalated to unprecedented levels this year, according to new analyses. The unnerving rise of content that rejects widely accepted climate science — sometimes referred to as climate skepticism or climate denial — piles on top of growing concerns about misinformation and hateful content that’s proliferated since Elon Musk’s takeover of the social media platform.
There have been more tweets and retweets “using climate-sceptic terminology” in 2022 than in any other year since Twitter’s founding in 2006, according to analysis conducted for The Times by City, University of London researchers. That’s 850,000 climate-skeptic tweets or retweets this year compared to 650,000 in 2021 and 220,000 in 2020.
“Climate denial on Twitter was already a dumpster fire; now, it’s as if it had a litre of gas thrown on it.”
Much of the recent rise in climate misinformation can be tied to a single hashtag: “#climatescam.” It makes up around 40 percent of tweets this year containing climate-skeptic language, City, University of London researchers Max Falkenberg and Andrea Baronchelli found. That’s compared to just 2 percent before this year 2022.
“I can understand climate scientists saying this is not a productive place for conversations with each other any more. They’ve become lightening rods for hate speech and death threats, we are seeing a real escalation of threats against them, intended to drive them off the platform,” Jennie King, head of civic action and education at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, said to The Guardian.
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How does ‘the verge’ know what is or is not climate misinformation?
calling out the climate change hoax is misinformation
Anything that runs counter to the sanctioned narrative is ‘misinformation’. *yawn*
“widely accepted”
While those opposed were censored.
MSN? LMAO!
Yawn.
The far-left is losing its collective mind over Elon Musk.
Donald Trump now has competition for media meltdowns.
I think all the lefties are using fears of climate change to push communism in the USA.
They don’t
All they know is climate heresy
Remember,, it’s a cult.
The Commie Rat left is a far greater danger than any alleged climate change.
LIARS
Climate Misinformation exploded on Twitter UNTIL MUSK BOUGHT IT
The damage to humanity due to the climate hoax is immerse.
People will starve and die because of misguided “solutions” to climate change.
Discussion about the weather is now allowed on Twitter.
>> “widely accepted climate science”
Like the widely accepted notion that Joseph Stolen received 81+ million legitimate votes.
The truth is out there...
Ask Mulder...
Ya THINK????
11’ of snow on the ground in the first week of the season in the mountains of Utah.
Snowing heavily right now in Tahoe. Usually dead dry this time of year.
Climate’s changing allright. Gettin’ colder and snowier by the day.
“I think all the lefties are using fears of climate change to push communism in the USA.”
Yep. Members of the WEF have said they could use to fear of climate change to push the “Great” Reset which is basically global communism.
If people on twitter can effect the climate, then we are in for a sh**-load of problems. I did not tweets contained such force and power.
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