Environmental groups slammed Elon Musk's X app, formerly known as Twitter, in a report Wednesday ranking social media platforms on their approach to climate change misinformation.
Before Musk bought Twitter last year, the app said it banned advertisements that "contradict the scientific consensus on climate change."
In a statement responding to the climate scorecard, YouTube said: "Our climate change policy explicitly prohibits the monetization of content that denies the existence of climate change, as well as ads that promote these claims.
Debate or discussions of climate change topics, including around public policy or research, is allowed, but when content crosses the line to climate change denial, we stop showing ads on those videos.
In general, our systems also don't recommend or prominently surface content that includes climate change misinformation."
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Elon, it's, Musk, Erika Seiber, Pinterest, TikTok, they've
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WWF International, General, Twitter, Elon, NBC News, Meta, YouTube, LinkedIn, Social, Facebook, New York Times
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