by Watchman » 17 Nov 2024 09:38
Do you ever wonder why so many people just don’t get how severe the climate crisis is? One big reason why is because Big Tech companies are fostering climate mis- and dis-information. The blatant hypocrisy is taking place even as our world is on a precipice where a single degree more of average warming will be devastating to humanity and ecosystems. It’s become clear: core social media narratives shaping discourse around the climate crisis have persistent “stickiness” of mis- and dis-information, influencing people to disregard the danger of fossil fuels.
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Do you ever wonder why so many people just don’t get how severe the climate crisis is? One big reason why is because Big Tech companies are fostering climate mis- and dis-information. The blatant hypocrisy is taking place even as our world is on a precipice where a single degree more of average warming will be devastating to humanity and ecosystems. It’s become clear: core social media narratives shaping discourse around the climate crisis have persistent “stickiness” of mis- and dis-information, influencing people to disregard the danger of fossil fuels. [b][size=150][url=https://cleantechnica.com/2024/11/16/climate-mis-and-disinformation-are-shaping-discourse-opposition-to-renewables/]READ FULL ARTICLE[/url][/size][/b]
