Twitter bans ads that promote climate change denial and contradict the “scientific consensus”, using the United Nations' IPCC reports to inform its decisions
policing toxic lies like climate change denialism. This is why I fear the consequences of Elon Musk, with his “anything goes” outlook, taking over Twitter: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @foe_us : We applaud Twitter's move to demonetize climate disinformation 👏 Companies like @Meta should follow suit and take stronger action to stop the spread of climate denial! https://foe.org/... Jeff Masters / @drjeffmasters : A potential help in the fight against climate science denial. https://twitter.com/... Barack Obama / @barackobama : Yesterday, I talked about how we should be able to agree on some basic facts - including around issues like climate change - and how companies need to be more careful about the content they promote, especially in ads. This is a good example of progress. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @ucsusa : Breaking good news on #EarthDay: Twitter is banning ads that promote #climate change denial. The platform will be relying on reports from @IPCC_CH to inform its decisions on which ads break the rules by contradicting “scientific consensus”. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Scott Waldman / @scottpwaldman : Twitter has launched a new effort to crack down on the spread of climate disinformation on its platform. The company will crack down on the monetization of climate denial, in particular. https://blog.twitter.com/... Corbin Hiar / @corbinhiar : Twitter bans ads “that contradict the scientific consensus on climate change.” “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.” https://blog.twitter.com/... Ari Natter / @arinatter : Twitter announces they are prohibiting “misleading advertisement ... that contradict the scientific consensus on climate change” for #EarthDay2022. https://blog.twitter.com/... @twitterforgood : Today, on #EarthDay2022, we're sharing more about our efforts to protect the planet, reduce our carbon footprint, and serve the climate conversation on Twitter. We believe that meaningful climate action, and transparency about that work, are critical. 👇 https://blog.twitter.com/... Eric Schultz / @ericschultz : a social media platform exercising a higher duty of care. https://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer