Influence disproportionnée de quelques médias climatosceptiques sur les réseaux sociaux

Le Washington Post rapporte que 10 producteurs de contenu comptent pour 70% des interactions autour de la négation de changements climatiques sur Facebook.

Breitbart is the most influential producer of climate change denial posts on Facebook, according to a report released Tuesday that suggests a small number of publishers play an outsize role in creating content that undermines climate science.Complete coverage from the COP26 U.N. climate summit. The far-right news and commentary site is one of just 10 publishers responsible for nearly 70 percent of interactions with climate change denial content on Facebook, according to a study by the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), shared exclusively with The Washington Post. This group of publishers, nicknamed the “Toxic Ten” by the CCDH, includes organizations with links to foreign governments, such as RT, as well as with ties to fossil fuel giants, such as Media Research Center.