Climate Crisis Misinformation Report

January 2, 2022

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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Twitter profile named 'GlobalWarmingHoax' with a polar bear avatar, bio stating 'Exposing the Global Warming Myth One Tweet at a Time!', link cafepress.com/warming_hoax, joined October 2009, showing 1,300 following and 1,550 followers
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