Australia's Senate committee features climate disinformation, the Atlas Network, and Dr Karl's clash with One Nation
Dr. Jeremy Walker of the University of Technology Sydney recently testified before the Australian Senate’s select committee on information integrity on energy that fossil fuel companies have funded certain think tanks globally for decades to push climate denial, anti-Indigenous rights and anti-renewable messages, a technique that has helped to obscure where ideas and money are coming from.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The scourge of AI-slopaganda, viral disinformation campaigns and online attacks against individuals and institutions is going to get far worse before it gets better.
That is how it feels after watching the latest round of public hearings on the topic.
The Senate's select committee on information integrity on climate change and energy held two days of public hearings in Canberra this week.
It heard evidence from Meta (the parent company of Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp), TikTok, Coal Australia, the Minerals Council and academics and community groups.
The committee is investigating how online bots and trolls, disinformation campaigns and tactics like "astroturfing" (fake grassroots campaigns) are delaying global action on climate change and renewable energy.
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