Climate Crisis Misinformation Report
An analysis of climate change misinformation spread by real and fake profiles.
A scan of over 78,000 profiles that participated in conversations on global warming in just two months uncovered a community of connected profiles posting misinformation on climate change. A closer look at a sample of 15,000 revealed that about 15% were inauthentic users. However, misinformation was spread by both real and fake profiles, using tags such as #ClimateCrisisHoax
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