According to a study conducted in August 2023, Pinterest was the selected social media platform that handled climate change misinformation most successfully, being awarded 12 out of a possible 21 points for having policies that included specific climate change content moderation, having a clear definition of climate misinformation, and reporting such content to coordinated disinformation campaigns, amongst other things. Second ranking TikTok also releases reports on the enforcement of its misinformation policies.
Assessment of select social media platform approaches to climate change misinformation as of August 2023
(index score)
researchers used the companies’ official, public-facing community guidelines, terms of service, and press releases
Supplementary notes
According to the source: 'Researchers used a 21-point assessment system informed by experts to grade platforms on the comprehensiveness and effectiveness of their policies.'
* with 1 suspended point for lack of data
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Climate Action Against Disinformation Coalition. (September 20, 2023). Assessment of select social media platform approaches to climate change misinformation as of August 2023 (index score) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414923/ranking-social-media-approaches-climate-change-misinformation/
Climate Action Against Disinformation Coalition. "Assessment of select social media platform approaches to climate change misinformation as of August 2023 (index score)." Chart. September 20, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414923/ranking-social-media-approaches-climate-change-misinformation/
Climate Action Against Disinformation Coalition. (2023). Assessment of select social media platform approaches to climate change misinformation as of August 2023 (index score). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414923/ranking-social-media-approaches-climate-change-misinformation/
Climate Action Against Disinformation Coalition. "Assessment of Select Social Media Platform Approaches to Climate Change Misinformation as of August 2023 (Index Score)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414923/ranking-social-media-approaches-climate-change-misinformation/
Climate Action Against Disinformation Coalition, Assessment of select social media platform approaches to climate change misinformation as of August 2023 (index score) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414923/ranking-social-media-approaches-climate-change-misinformation/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Assessment of select social media platform approaches to climate change misinformation as of August 2023 (index score) [Graph], Climate Action Against Disinformation Coalition, September 20, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414923/ranking-social-media-approaches-climate-change-misinformation/
