/PRNewswire/ CIRCE, an institute based in Pittsburgh, PA, has launched an ambitious effort to combat mis- and disinformation. Its Mental Immunity Project.
Teaming up with Facebook to fight misinformation
Posted on 26 February 2021 by John Cook
Some of you may remember our blog post A conundrum: our continued presence on Facebook in which we detailed our misgivings about and decision to stick with Facebook for the time being. So these latest developments - reposted from the Cranky Uncle homepage - might come as a bit of a surprise!
Over the past few months, I’ve been working with Facebook, in collaboration with Sander van der Linden (Cambridge University) and Tony Leiserowitz (Yale University), to debunk climate misinformation. This new project, titled “Facts About Climate Change“, launched on Facebook’s Climate Science Information Center last week.