A new report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate found that YouTube is proliferating money-making climate denial content and many, including teens, are falling for it.
There has been a long-running effort to force social media outlets to censor messages that those in power don’t like. Operating under the false flag of countering hate, the misnamed not-for-profit (in the UK and UK) Center for Countering Digital Hate has run many successful operations to de-platform political and social opponents of its founder:…
A listing of 34 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, Jan 14, 2024 thru Sat, Jan 20, 2024.
Highlight of the week
From our perspective, the highlight of the week was certainly the report The New Climate Denial published by The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH). It and the underlying study centers on data analysis performed by the AI tool CARDS, developed by academics Travis G. Coan, Constantine Boussalis, John Cook and Mirjam O. Nanko. The initial training for CARDS was conducted by members from our Skeptical Science team several years ago, so it s cool to see that work put to good use and bearing fruit now!
The year 2021 was a rather cranky one for our team! For one, quite some research was cranked out - i.e. published - by team members and for another, a particular Cranky Uncle started to make the rounds throughout the year. As in previous recaps, this one is divided into several sections:
On January 16, 20224, The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) published the report The New Climate Denial . The report and underlying study centers on data analysis performed by an AI tool, CARDS, developed by academics Travis G. Coan, Constantine Boussalis, John Cook and Mirjam O. Nanko. As some of you may remember, the initial training for CARDS was conducted by members from our Skeptical Science team, so it s cool to see it put to good use now! Read CCDH s press release below followed by a selection of other articles mentioning the CCDH report, some of which include quotes by John Cook.