Green Groups Ask Facebook, Google, Twitter to Disclose Effort on Climate Change Lies
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Green groups are calling on Facebook, Google, Twitter to treat inaccurate posts about climate change as hate speech.
Several environmental groups are calling on Facebook, Google, Twitter Inc. and other social media companies to treat inaccurate posts about climate change as harmful content akin to hate speech and lies about Covid-19. In a letter released Tuesday, the advocacy groups asked the companies, as well as ByteDance Ltd.'s TikTok and Pinterest Inc., to disclose more about how they handle “climate disinformation.” Specifically, the letter calls on the companies to report this content category under Europe's new Digital Services Act, which tracks how platforms moderate illegal and harmful media, imposing fines if they don't meet certain criteria. “Social media compan...