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1. YouTube is pushing climate disinformation videos to MILLIONS of people through its recommendation engine

YouTube then monetizes the videos with advertisements from big brands

So both YouTube and the climate deniers are profiting from junk science

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2. In response, Google told popular.info it doesn't consider all climate disinfo to be "harmful"

For example, it considers climate misinformation clipped from Fox News to be part of a legit public discourse on a political & scientific issue

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3. @Avaaz, which conducted the study, identified major brands advertising against climate disinfo, including:

@Zipcar
@Samsung
@Showtime
@7eleven
@redbull
@Uber
@UnderArmour
@Loreal

I contacted all of the companies above and did not hear back

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4. I'll be following up w/these companies. Currently Google offers advertisers no way to exclude misinfo. So you have to stop ads on ALL climate change videos (or drop YouTube).

You can get more accountability journalism in my newsletter.

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