YouTube's Climate Denial Problem

In January of 2020, AVAAZ released a report investigating YouTube and Climate Misinformation. Let's talk about it.


Great Climate & Environmental YouTube Peeps (let me know in comments anyone else I should be watching!)
ClimateAdam youtube.com/climateadam
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Roving Naturalist    / @therovingnaturalist  
Planeteando    / @planeteando  
Kurtis Baute    / @scopeofscience  
Levi Hildebrand    / @leahandlevi  
Leena Norms youtube.com/user/jsutkissmyfrog
Grist    / @grist  
Global Weirding    / @globalweirding  
Hot Mess youtube.com/HotMessPBS


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References and Works Cited
AVAAZ Report secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/youtube_climate_misin…
AVAAZ Press Release www.avaaz.org/act/media.php?press_id=991

Further Reading
YouTube has a big climate misinformation problem it can’t solve www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2020/1/26/21068…

YouTube is spreading climate lies, and big brands are making it profitable heated.world/p/youtube-is-spreading-climate-lies

YouTube advertisers blindsided by climate change denial videos
www.theverge.com/2020/1/16/21066906/youtube-climat…

YouTube claims its crackdown on borderline content is actually working www.theverge.com/2019/12/3/20992018/youtube-border…

YouTube introducing changes to give people more control over recommended videos
www.theverge.com/2019/6/26/18759840/youtube-recomm…

students have trouble judging the credibility of information online ed.stanford.edu/news/stanford-researchers-find-stu…

Native advertising and digital natives: The effects of age and advertisement format on news website credibility judgments www.researchgate.net/publication/303168097_Native_…

Continuing our work to improve recommendations on YouTube youtube.googleblog.com/2019/01/continuing-our-work…

Advertiser boycott campaign examples
David Hogg calls to boycott Laura Ingram’s show www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/06/19/david-hogg-…

Fox News On The Hot Seat As It Faces Angry Protesters And Skittish Advertisers www.forbes.com/sites/peterhorst/2019/03/13/fox-new…