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Twitter takeover raises fears of climate misinfo surge

A blue verification check on the page of Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX) and Tesla Inc, on a laptop computer arranged in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Monday. (Bloomberg photo)

Climate deniers looking to block action and “greenwashing” companies could have free rein on Twitter after Elon Musk’s takeover, analysts warned as leaders pursued anti-warming efforts at the COP27 summit.

The Tesla billionaire and self-declared free-speech absolutist has fired thousands of staff — with sustainability executives Sean Boyle and Casey Junod among those signing off from the platform last week.

Musk has promised to reduce Twitter’s content restrictions and after the…

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