RESEARCH FINDING:
Twitter is now actively pushing #climate #conspiracy myths into #virality, despite them being overall unpopular.
Why is @elonmusk putting his thump on the scale for the anti-science crowd? Why no #transparency?
Source:
https://isdglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Deny-Deceive-Delay-Vol.-2.pdf from @ISDglobal
Twitter has now become an even more #hostile #information platform to #science, not only through #neglect and lack of moderation, but through actively #creating an #asymmetric landscape for anti-science falsehoods.
#Artificially created & dubiously #sponsered attacks on science.
Even #Facebook, a notorious platform for science #denial, seems to be able to at least not artificially boost #climatescam content.
Chinese owned #Tiktok actually properly moderates it.
Twitter?
Let's just make it trending & recommend it when anybody types in #climate, incl. now
The active threats from @elonmusk
's Twitter are of course not limited to #science & scientists, but the #public good and #democracy at large
Promoting #conspiracy myths that feed into the current #fascist moment are a danger to us all, as I explain here:
https://protagonistfuture.substack.com/p/asymmetric-power-in-the-information
And of course, just ausing the #climatescam hashtag gets my timeline on #twitter spammed by #bots and #scammers.
Not even 10 minutes in, my #notifications blow up with bots, Musk #stans, climate #deniers and other #conspiracy theorists.
Again: #Twitter is a #hostile #information environment for #scientists now.
Be aware of it. #Leave if you don't need to be there, or act #accordingly.
@groms What you mean by conspiracy?
Gaming climate hashtags is fossil fuel & platform marketing 101.
Conspiracy theories have a more rigid definition:
Philipp Markolin ☑️
Groms