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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Manon Jacob and Anuj Chopra

BIZARRE: Google urged to step up efforts to demonetize climate falsehoods | Mind Blowing Facts

Environmentalists are urging Google to crackdown on climate denialism. (Credit: AFP)

Civil society groups implored Google on Thursday to rigorously enforce its policy to demonetize environmental disinformation, saying ads placed alongside climate denial content persistently popped up despite the tech titan's pledge to crack down.

The open letter, addressed to Google chief Sundar Pichai and endorsed by thousands of signatories, comes in the wake of major hurricanes in the United States sparking an avalanche of disinformation and just weeks before the UN COP29 climate summit.

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