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A new kind of climate denial has taken over on YouTube

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Re: A new kind of climate denial has taken over on YouTube

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I know, I know.

On the other hand, with actors as large as YouTube, whatever policies they implement, will have second order effects. It's impossible to be impartial or neutral, whatever you do will tilt the scale one way or the other.

Re: A new kind of climate denial has taken over on YouTube

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Same for Twitter[0], ever since Elon took over. It opened the gates for twitter blue bots that upvote far-right and climate denying posts to no end. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/20/twitter-x...

Surely Elon solved the bot problem with $8 blue checks.

Re: A new kind of climate denial has taken over on YouTube

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> In the past, content that falsely claimed that climate change was either not happening or not a result of humans burning fossil fuels dominated disinformation channels. That’s not the case anymore, according to an analysis by the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH). Instead, the most common lies about climate change now have to do with denying the benefits of clean energy, attacking policies meant to slash planet-heating pollution from fossil fuels, and maligning scientists and advocates that push for change.
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