Bloomberg columnist: ‘We Need an Inoculation Against Climate Deniers’ Lies’. – Frets over ‘climate misinformation’ online
By Marc Morano
February 3, 2024
6:28 am
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-02-02/we-need-an-inoculation-against-climate-deniers-liesLara Williams, Columnist
We Need an Inoculation Against Climate Deniers’ Lies
Misinformation is deepening young people’s angst about the fate of the world.
By Lara Williams
Lara Williams is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering climate change.
Misinformation is as old as information itself, and those seeking to address the climate crisis have been tackling it for decades. Yet today, more false or misleading content is spreading faster and further than ever before.
As social media platforms are the main conduit for misinformation, some are worried that young people — who spend a lot of time on YouTube and TikTok — are particularly vulnerable.
It doesn’t take long to find climate misinformation on TikTok. All I did was search “climate change,” scroll through a few videos, and there it was: Jordan Peterson, a Canadian academic who’s become a poster boy for climate denial, claiming that there’s no evidence that humans are warming the planet. Once I’d watched one, they came thick and fast, ranging from skeptical questions over climate action to full-on conspiracy theories (including several videos claiming that the reason behind an uptick in extreme weather is that the Earth’s climate changes naturally every 12,000 years).
https://www.climatedepot.com/2024/02/03/bloomberg-columnist-we-need-an-inoculation-against-climate-deniers-lies-frets-over-climate-misinformation-online/
