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submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Climate coalition cites Twitter’s lack of clear policies to stop incorrect information and confusion from Musk takeover

A report ranking climate change misinformation gave Twitter (recently rebranded as X) only a single point out of a 21-point scorecard when assessing policies aimed at reducing inaccurate information – the worst out of five major tech platforms.

The Climate of Misinformation report by Climate Action Against Disinformation looked at Meta, Pinterest, YouTube, TikTok and Twitter for their content moderation policies and efforts to mitigate inaccurate information such as climate denialism. The group, which is made up of dozens of international climate and anti-disinformation organizations including Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, released the report to draw attention towards climate misinformation on major platforms and makes the claim that big tech has become a “complicit actor” in accelerating the spread of climate denial.

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[-] treefrog@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

A poor look for the face of Tesla.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

He doesn't care anymore. He'll be denying anthropogenic climate change any time now.

[-] treefrog@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

He never cared. Was always about his ego.

People who care don't treat the people that work for them like machines.

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The sooner people realize this, the better. He's quite directly a menace to society, yet he's allowed everything simply because he's rich.

This world is so fucking screwed. Screwed and so, so stupid.

[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago
[-] MxM111@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

The best. They are the best in misinformation. Not the worst.

[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

This should shock nobody.

[-] MossBear@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Would this be an appropriate place for shocked pikachu?

[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Selective “free speech absolutism” at work.

[-] TacoThrash3r@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

The guardian better be careful, Elon might sue them for calling him out

[-] ByteWizard@lemm.ee -4 points 1 year ago

Whaaaa, Twitter won't censor for us anymore! We have to win arguments based on merit and we're all out!

[-] Doomsider@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I heard on Zombie Twitter you should wash your toaster while it is plugged in the bath with you. Sounds like some good advice the left is too scared of. Maybe you should try it and stick it to those Liberuls?

this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2023
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