“Murderers.” “Criminals.” “We are watching you.” These are just a handful of the threats and abuse sent to meteorologists at Spain’s national weather agency in recent months. The harassment of meteorologists by conspiracy theorists and climate deniers is not confined to Spain.
The virtual pinboard service will remove content that denies climate change after also blocking ads about politics, weight loss and anti-vaccine sentiment.
Facebook’s automated algorithms push climate change sceptics to read increasingly extreme conspiracy theories and misinformation about global warming, a study has found.
A coalition of environmentalists is tracking online disinformation about climate change in response to a rising tide of conspiratorial thinking among the American electorate.
