Platform X Occupies The Lowest Rank In Fighting Climate Disinformation

Platform X diberikan peringkat tertingkat dalam berantas disinformation perubahan iklim oleh para peneliti (foto: Rana/VOI)

Platform X, previously Twitter, was declared the lowest-ranked social media in eradicating disinformation about climate change. This ranking is determined by Action Against Disinformation, quoted from The Verge.

Climate change is currently a serious enough problem until disinformation continues to emerge. One of the disinformations found was a fossil fuel industry-funded campaign to bring down science related to climate change relations with greenhouse gases.

In an analysis conducted, Action Against Disinformation,Google, YouTube, Meta, and TikTok still have not developed in the moderation of rejection content on their platform. However, X is the worst because there is no clear policy to regulate this disinformation.

In fact, when it comes to giving points related to moderation steps taken by various social media platforms, X ranks last with one point. Meanwhile, other platforms like Pinterest get 12 points, TikTok and Meta get 8 points, and YouTube get 6 points.

X had announced that they would ban ads denying scientific agreements regarding climate change. Unfortunately, this promise has not been implemented since it was pronounced on Earth Day last year.

In addition, X has also promised in 2019 to no longer accept political advertising. One form of political advertising is global warming campaigned for by climate rejection groups.

However, again all these promises were not realized. In fact, X did not put up a fight when Exxonmobil or other fossil fuel industries campaigned for a greenwashing ad.