(Friends of the Earth) A new scorecard released today by Avaaz, Friends of the Earth, and Greenpeace USA shows that social media companies are leaving the public in the dark about how they’re curbing the spread of climate change dis/misinformation on their platforms. The report comes as the UN’s latest climate report named climate disinformation as a major threat to climate action for the first time.
The Climate Disinformation Coalition’s 27-point assessment of Facebook, Pinterest, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube found that all companies fell short on adopting definitions and policies to address the problem and are concealing data about the prevalence of climate disinformation.
Out of the five social media companies, Pinterest and YouTube have taken the most notable steps to address climate dis/misinformation and are the only ones with dis/misinformation policies informed by climate experts, both scoring 14 out of 27. Pinterest’s new policy rollout, which includes a climate disinformation definition in their community standards, helped raise their score.
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