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Science vs. social media: Why climate change denial still thrives online
Social media platforms like Facebook, X and TikTok aren't doing enough to stop the spread of misinformation about global warming, a new report says.
Despite company pledges to crack down, falsehoods, hoaxes and conspiracy theories circulated with few warning labels or links to credible information in 2023, contributing to a dramatic surge in the number of posts denying climate change last year, according to the report shared exclusively with USA TODAY. Though the public perception of climate change is shifting, it remains a politically divisive issue, with Democrats and Republicans growing further apart in the last decade in how they gauge the threat, according to the Pew Research Center. Few in the GOP deny that burning oil, gas and coal has produced gasses that are heating the planet but many climate skeptics see the proposed solutions – weaning off fossil fuels in favor of solar, wind and other energy sources – as a threat to the economy and Americans’ livelihoods and freedoms.
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