Facebook to add labels to climate change posts

Facebook will add labels to posts related to climate change, as part of its ongoing attempt to wrangle misinformation spreading on the platform. 

Amid the chaos that is Facebook's news ban in Australia, the social media giant announced the new feature on Thursday in a blog post. 

First rolling out in the UK with plans to expand to other countries, the labels will be added to "some posts on climate" and direct people to Facebook's Climate Science Information Centre which launched in September. It's a dedicated Page with the same format as Facebook's COVID-19 Info Center, but this one is filled with resources on climate change from leading organisations.  Read more...

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