Climate denial contaminating social media

Placard at The Big One, the Extinction Rebellion-led gathering in central London on 22 April 2023. Image: Andy Worthington. Andy Worthington / All Rights Reserved / Published with permission. Cutting edge database and interactive visualisation of online climate change disinformation launched by Tortoise Media. Climate change is the greatest collective existential threat to the future of the planet, and the need for accurate information has never been greater. A free and publicly-available interactive database and visualisation tool highlighting the volume of online misinformation surrounding climate change called Hot Air has been launched by Tortoise MediaThe tool, developed in partnership with the University of Exeter and supported by Octopus Energy, helps users identify and track climate misinformation across platforms.The Hot Air tool is now available here.Bex Sander, data and graphics reporter, Tortoise Media, said: “Hot Air has been a project we've been conceptualising, developing...