Pinterest announces ban on climate misinformation

Cecilia Keating
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Social media platform claims to be the first to have 'clearly defined guidelines' to tackle false or misleading climate change information across both advertising and user content

Pinterest has announced plans to block all climate misinformation on its site, across both content posted by users and ads placed by companies. The social media company said it would take down content...

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