Trump-aligned congresspeople aren’t spreading wildfire disinformation in a vacuum; American social media giants are enabling a haze of conspiracy theories and misinformation about the wildfires ravaging Canadian forests, and are disguising the fossil fuel industry's role in the crisis, researchers have found.

Trump-aligned congresspeople aren’t spreading wildfire disinformation in a vacuum; American social media giants are enabling a haze of conspiracy theories and misinformation about the wildfires ravaging Canadian forests, and are disguising the fossil fuel industry’s role in the crisis, researchers have found.

Link above is to CAAD’s (Climate Action Against Disinformation) - Briefing: Canadian Wildfire Disinformation June 2025

  • leftytighty@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    2 days ago

    If it’s not about “climate change” and it’s about poor management then I guess we got worse at managing it proportional to the accumulation of GHGs in the atmosphere. What a coincidence.

    You’re talking about a possible mitigation strategy as if the lack of extra mitigation is the root cause. Token acknowledgments of “climate change” and “yeah it’s a bit warmer” are thin veils on your denialism