Facebook will add a new label to some climate change posts in the UK
Facebook is expanding its Climate Science Information Center." | Image: Facebook Facebook will start labeling posts about climate change with a banner that directs people to its information page on climate change. It's the company's latest effort to weed out lies and myths about the climate crisis, and it follows criticism from lawmakers and scientists concerned that the social media giant allowed false information to proliferate on its platform.
For now, the labels will only appear on Facebook posts in the UK. But the company plans to start rolling them out elsewhere soon," it said in an announcement on Thursday. Facebook debuted its Climate Science Information Center" in the US, Germany, the UK, and France back in September. Now, Facebook is also expanding that page to include new information debunking common...