Climate Misinformation Is Rife On Social Media—And Poised To Get Worse

The decision by Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to end its fact-checking program in the United States and otherwise reduce content moderation raises the question of what content on those social media platforms will look like in future.

One worrisome possibility is that the change could open the floodgates to more climate misinformation on Meta’s apps, including misleading or out-of-context claims during disasters, writes Jill Hopke, Associate Professor of Journalism at DePaul University, for The Conversation.

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