Posted on 02/19/2021 7:04:49 AM PST by rktman
Already known for its "fact-checking" of controversial issues such as the outcome of the 2020 presidential election and COVID-19, Facebook now will mobilize a panel of scholars to "debunk myths about climate change.
CNBC described Facebook's move as "further leaning in to the 'arbiter of truth' role that the company once renounced."
The experts will come from the likes of the University of Cambridge, George Mason University and the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.
Facebook announced Thursday, CNBC reported, it will add a section to its climate change information hub that will features facts, misconceptions and falsehoods. The social media giant, for example, will state as "fact" the disputed claim that polar bear populations are declining because of "global warming."
Bloomberg reported Facebook will begin labeling some user posts that mention climate change in the same way it has annotated posts discussing the election and COVID-19.
The bolstering of its "fact-checking" is a futher move away from the statement of CEO Mark Zuckerberg last May.
Defending free speech, he said he did not think Facebook and other internet platforms "in general should be arbiters of truth."
Now Zuckerberg argues, according to Bloomberg, that the best way to stop the spread of misinformation on its platform is not only to remove "misleading" posts, but to offer people "accurate information from authoritative sources."
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
1. Define the “correct” temperature range for the planet.
2. Define the “correct” humidity range for the planet.
3. Define the “correct” mean sea level for the planet.
4. Define the “correct” amount of precipitation for the planet.
5. Define the “correct” makeup of the atmosphere.
6. Define the “correct” amount of sea ice at the N/S poles.
7. Define/explain past glaciation and subsequent warming without any input from humans.
Bonus question. How is 20,000 polar bears a smaller number than 5,000 polar bears?
We'll wait.
I wonder how this is all working out Down Under?
For anyone not familiar with this website:
https://cei.org/blog/wrong-again-50-years-of-failed-eco-pocalyptic-predictions/
They shock us with their stupidity.
Then they anger us with their arrogance.
Then they attempt to silence us with their censorship.
Wonder what happens next... :-)
Personally, I think Global Warming would be wonderful - longer growing seasons at higher latitudes!
“stop the spread of misinformation”
The fundamental basis of this issue is the lack of proper education wherein the students are taught to reason properly and to question properly.
As a matter of fact, this is the actual source of most of the societal problems we are experiencing.
Teaching people, students, children, to put aside their emotions and think logically about any given topic or situation in a manner that leads them to the proper (truthful, factual) conclusions on any topic is not something that is taught in most public primary schools these days. The fact that secondary and higher education institutions allow this type of unreasoning person to be passed through the system indicates an enormous problem from top to bottom and until this is addressed successfully these issues are going to continue forever.
You already know the answer. 😯
I would invite all of these twits to vacation in Texas wearing their Hawaiian shirts and Bermuda shorts.
So I’m waiting to see FB, et all declare that the record-shattering and crazy winter storm that hit the U.S. and especially here in the Republic of Texas was another aspect of globull warming or “climate change”...
Well, if The Lord God is using extreme, catastrophic weather events to bring about the end of The End Days before Christ Jesus’ Return, as prophecy within His Word plainly tells us that such weather, tectonic, plagues and other things will occur more and more frequently and with ever-increasing severity, then they can either call it such until the stress breaks them mentally, or turn to Christ and receive forgiveness and eternal peace.
His Love is waiting. He does not want anyone to perish but come to repentance as He tells us. Run to The Lord, and He will sustain you. He loves you more than you can possibly imagine!
I saw a screen shot of this FB operation on another website. FB has gone full 1984, presenting known fallacies as truth, and attempting to discredit known empirical truths as false. Like their infamous “factcheckers” these are pure politically motivated propagandists with no regard to the real world.
Legitimizing a global scam or else!
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