Posted on 02/19/2021 5:55:43 PM PST by upchuck
After debunking misinformation about COVID-19 and the 2020 presidential election results, Facebook will now be the arbiter of truth about climate change. The social network will begin flagging and debunking climate change myths.
Facebook released a statement Thursday stating that the social media platform will "add informational labels to some posts on climate," and direct users to the Facebook Climate Science Information Center, a resource that provides "science-based news, approachable information and actionable resources from the world's leading climate change organizations."
Previously, Facebook rolled out its Voting Information Center in August and the Coronavirus Information Center in March to combat news the company deemed to be misinformation.
"To debunk the myths with current and specific facts, we've brought in climate communication experts from the George Mason University, the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the University of Cambridge," Facebook said.
"The spread of damaging falsehoods endangers the level of international cooperation required to prevent catastrophic global warming," said Sander van der Linden of the University of Cambridge. "Facebook is in a unique position to counter the circulation of online misinformation, and the new climate 'mythbusting' section is an important step toward debunking dangerous falsehoods."
Unfrozen: Greenland Was Once Ice-Free for 280,000 Years December 07, 2016
... and that life survived and even thrived all over the planet at that time.
Ok, debunk this:
Northern hemisphere in particular,
Winter brings cold temperatures measured in Fahrenheit; Summer brings hot temperatures measured in Fahrenheit;
Between early Spring and late Fall, there will be tornadic conditions on the North American continent, and oceanic-produced cyclonic conditions that may impact the North American coastline.
The history of these events have at least 100 years of recorded time.
When will people cancel Facebook?
There’s no reason they should have this much power— we’ve given it to them.
Great chart.. thanks
Glad to do it. It really puts some perspective on where we stand climate wise doesn’t it?
no different to when the “academic” website - The Conversation - banned climate change scepticism:
17 Sept 2019: The Conversation Blog: Climate change deniers are dangerous - they don’t deserve a place on our site
by Misha Ketchell, Editor & Executive Director
(Misha Ketchell...spent several years at the ABC (Australia) where he was a TV producer on Media Watch and The 7.30 Report and an editor on The Drum)
At The Conversation Australia we’ve recently vowed to improve our climate change coverage, and part of that means moderating comments with a similar degree of rigour...
Climate change deniers, and those shamelessly peddling pseudoscience and misinformation, are perpetuating ideas that will ultimately destroy the planet. As a publisher, giving them a voice on our site contributes to a stalled public discourse.
That’s why the editorial team in Australia is implementing a zero-tolerance approach to moderating climate change deniers, and sceptics. Not only will we be removing their comments, we’ll be locking their accounts...
The hopeless debates between those with evidence and those who fabricate simply stalls action...
Covering Climate Now: The Conversation Australia has joined more than 170 other media outlets in an initiative called Covering Climate Now, co-founded by the Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation...
https://theconversation.com/climate-change-deniers-are-dangerous-they-dont-deserve-a-place-on-our-site-123164
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It first launched in Australia in March 2011, and has expanded into editions in the United Kingdom in 2013, United States in 2014,[3] Africa and France in 2015, Canada in 2017, Indonesia in 2017, and Spain in 2018. In September 2019, The Conversation reported a monthly online audience of 10.7 million users onsite, and a combined reach of 40 million people including republication.
Each edition of The Conversation is an independent not-for-profit or charity funded by its university members, government and other grant awarding bodies, corporate partners, and reader donations...
The Conversation articles are written by academic, based on their area of research...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conversation_(website)
SHUT IT DOWN.
You mean they are going to try to “ hide the decline “ too?
They are kind of late! Youtube are adding Global warnings comments to the videos not pushing the “official” version for few years now.
See E.G.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oog7-KOtpEA&t=1757s
Facebook plans to flag and debunk misinformation about....”Broccolini, Kalettes and Caulilini”.
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