'Platforms owe it to their users and the planet to stop amplifying the climate disinformation that undermines our ability to combat the climate crisis.'
"Platforms owe it to their users and the planet to stop amplifying the climate disinformation that undermines our ability to combat the climate crisis.
Arguing that"social media companies bear responsibility for their role in amplifying and perpetuating climate disinformation," the letter calls on social media executives to"fulfill obligations set forth in" the European Union's recently approved Digital Services Act, a lawat reining in Big Tech's power and requiring social media platforms to mitigate the spread of disinformation.
Signed by 350.org, Accountable Tech, Friends of the Earth, and other prominent environmental groups, the new letter urges social media CEOs to"commit to including climate disinformation as a separately-acknowledged category in its reporting and content moderation policies in and outside of the E.U." "More specifically," the letter continues,"we urge platforms to commit to recognizing climate disinformation as a specific reason within the statement required under
, and include data on content moderation decisions related to climate disinformation as stated under Article 23."by leading plastic polluter Coca-Cola.
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