Facebook has found itself in hot water after wading into the debate over whether off-shore wind farms are responsible for a surge in whale deaths across the east coast. Environmentalist Michael Shellenberger has accused the internet giant of ‘censoring accurate information’ after it slapped a content warning on a post about the beaching of 300 whales since 2017. Officials admit there has been an 'unusual mortality event' on the east coast in the last six years with strandings reported from New York to North Carolina, but have insisted the string of new wind farms are not responsible.
Environmentalist Michael Shellenberger has accused the internet giant of censoring accurate information after it slapped a content warning on a post about the beaching of 300 whales since 2017.
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The Biden administration appears to be scrambling to fund research on the impact offshore wind has on highly endangered whales after it already greenlighted the turbines.