Twitter bans ads that contradict science on climate change


Twitter said it would provide more information in the coming months on how it plans to provide ‘reliable, authoritative context to the climate conversations’ its users engage in, including from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. — Bloomberg

BERLIN: Twitter says it will no longer allow advertisers on its site who deny the scientific consensus on climate change, echoing a policy already in place at Google.

“Ads shouldn’t detract from important conversations about the climate crisis,” the company said in a statement outlining its new policy on April 22.

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