Facebook in climate facts drive

Facebook has launched a new information centre aimed at providing users with accurate content about climate science in its latest response to online misinformation.

The new feature follows the platform’s coronavirus information centre, which was introduced earlier in the pandemic in an effort to direct users to accurate information.

The social media giant said the climate science information centre will host “factual resources from the world’ s leading climate organ is ations”.

It will feature facts, figures and data from the Met Office as well as the Inter governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and others.

Facebook said the new tool would also include actionable steps individuals can take in their everyday lives to help combat climate change.

Social networks have been under pressure to improve their handling of misinfor - mat ion, particularly during the coronavirus pandemic.