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I love Carbon Dioxide
The Facebook page @iloveco2 is an account demoted to spreading the idea that CO2 is a Facebook account with over 23,000 followers that is dedicated to spreading the idea that CO2 is beneficial for the environment, as this American-run page spreads information about the benefits that carbon dioxide has on the planet, suggesting that human-produced CO2 is important for the planet. The group often downplays the need for climate action as the hive-mind-like community share climate disinformation, which aligns with their beliefs to build a false narrative about climate change using memes, political posts and fake research.
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Climate Crisis? There is NO Climate Crisis!
The Facebook group Climate Crisis? There is NO Climate Crisis! is a Facebook group with over 11,700 members that shares similar ideals and beliefs about climate denial. The group utilises the Facebook platform and the number of group members to share and dismiss any scientific information about climate change, to reduce the spread of accurate climate information. The group is known for spreading fake and misleading information about climate change within its groups and often targeting users with conflicting views about the reality of climate change. The group contains sceptic individuals who share climate misinformation and disinformation on Facebook to change the narrative about the urgency of climate information and downplay the need for any action to be taken.
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CFACT Campus
The Facebook page @CFACTCampus (Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow) is a student-based nonprofit Facebook account with over 3,500 followers, to promote and deny scientific climate research on Facebook. The account shares content often designed with captions and posts intended to create an emotional response to share climate misinformation and disinformation on the platform. The example below is intended to build a false narrative and mock the need for climate action with cartoon characters. The post also uses a quote from a scientist called Dr. John Clauser, a physicist who isn’t associated with climate change research, which builds a false narrative about the need for any action against climate change.
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