Twitter chose Earth Day to announce it will ban advertisements that deny the scientific consensus on climate crisis. “We believe that climate denialism shouldn’t be monetized on Twitter, and that misrepresentative ads shouldn’t detract from important conversations about the climate crisis,” the company declared on Friday. It said its approach would be informed by sources such as the UN-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Reports. Social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook have been the venues for a growing wave of climate change denialism in recent years. Last year, Twitter rolled out a new strategy known as “pre-bunks” during the UN’s climate conference to counter climate misinformation.

Source: The Guardian April 24, 2022 11:32 UTC