Extreme Weather

How a storm of false and misleading claims about extreme weather events spread unchecked on social media putting lives at risk.

This new Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) report reveals how, in the wake of extreme weather tragedies over the past year such as the Texas floods, LA fires, and Hurricane Helene, social media platforms amplified conspiracy theorists while sidelining vital emergency information, putting lives at risk.