July 23, 2025
Excellent weather Misinfo ‘endangering lives’
WASHINGTON: Large social media platforms allow and benefit from misinformation about extreme weather events, endangering the lives and preventing emergency efforts, a research team said on Tuesday. The report by the Digital Hate (CCDH) treatment center-which analyzed 100 viral seats in each of the top three platforms during recent natural disasters, including the deadly flood of Texas-undermines the way algorithms are enhanced by algorithms. “The influence of high profile theoretical conspiracy during climate disasters drowns emergency efforts,” the report said, adding that the trend “endangers lives”. Almost all analyzed posts on Facebook, and Instagram had no facts or Community notes,










