Facebook launches climate science information centre to combat misinformation

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Facebook has launched a new information centre aimed at providing users with accurate content about climate science in its latest response to online misinformation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The new feature follows the platform’s coronavirus Information Centre&comma; which was introduced earlier in the pandemic in an effort to direct users to accurate information&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The social media giant said the Climate Science Information Centre will host &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;factual resources from the world’s leading climate organisations”&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It will feature facts&comma; figures and data from the Met Office as well as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change &lpar;IPCC&rpar;&comma; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration &lpar;NOAA&rpar;&comma; World Meteorological Organisation &lpar;WMO&rpar; and others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>One of the biggest lessons we have learned from the Covid-19 pandemic is how powerful Facebook can be for connecting people to accurate&comma; expert advice and information during a global crisis<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Facebook said the new tool would also include actionable steps individuals can take in their everyday lives to help combat climate change&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads2--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Social networks have been under pressure to improve their handling of misinformation&comma; particularly during the coronavirus pandemic when a number of false claims relating to the virus were able to spread online&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;One of the biggest lessons we have learned from the Covid-19 pandemic is how powerful Facebook can be for connecting people to accurate&comma; expert advice and information during a global crisis&comma;” Facebook said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Now&comma; we are taking a similar approach to the climate crisis by launching a new Climate Science Information Centre on Facebook to connect people to factual and up-to-date climate information&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have modelled the centre and the information within it on our Covid-19 Information Centre that has&comma; so far&comma; directed more than two billion people to information from health authorities&comma; with more than 600 million people clicking through to learn more&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The social media platform also announced that its global operations will reach net-zero carbon emissions this year&comma; supported by 100&percnt; renewable energy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads3--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company said it was also setting the target of reaching net-zero emissions for its &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;value chain”&comma; 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