Facebook's information center about climate change has added a new section that disproves common climate myths. The information hub is also rolling out to additional countries starting today.
Facebook said Thursday it would expand its climate information hub and direct its users to experts to debunk myths and hoaxes in the field in a ramped up effort to fight misinformation.
The social media giant said it has added a section to its climate hub that features "facts that debunk common climate myths" and will rely on climate communication experts from the George Mason University, the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, and the University of Cambridge.
Facebook announced Thursday that it will add a new section to its platform to debunk common climate change myths as it expands its nascent battle against disinformation.The social media behemoth said in a statement that it is expanding its climate change information hub to include a section that will feature facts that rebut the common fallacies.The new effort will be guided by climate experts from George Mason University, the Yale Program on.
Facebook announced that it will now debunk common myths about climate change, further leaning into the arbiter of truth role that the company once renounced.