#amywestervelt — Public Fediverse posts

"... basically, the rapid corporatisation of social media companies was driven by industry's fear of the ... early, freeform internet ... that they were just like;

'... we have lost control of the story. If there's just this giant, open public messaging machine, where people are just sharing stories and ideas willy-nilly, we don't get to control it!'.

I mean, that is the origin story of the social media industry as we know it."

#AmyWestervelt, 2021

https://www.volts.wtf/p/volts-podcast-amy-westervelt-on-disinformation

#podcasts #Volts

"... basically, the rapid corporatisation of social media companies was driven by industry's fear of the ... early, freeform internet ... that they were just like;

'... we have lost control of the story. If there's just this giant, open public messaging machine, where people are just sharing stories and ideas willy-nilly, we don't get to control it!'.

I mean, that is the origin story of the social media industry as we know it."

#AmyWestervelt, 2021

https://www.volts.wtf/p/volts-podcast-amy-westervelt-on-disinformation

#podcasts #Volts

"Republicans [in the early 1980s] were still approaching global warming as a science and innovation problem, a business opportunity more than an economic threat. Ed Garvy's tanker project [measuring CO2 levels in the atmosphere and ocean] was still underway at Exxon, the company was still funding climate research, and climate science was continuing at various government agencies too."

#AmyWestervelt, 2018

https://www.spreaker.com/user/15244480/the-turn

#podcasts #Drilled #ClimateChange

"Republicans [in the early 1980s] were still approaching global warming as a science and innovation problem, a business opportunity more than an economic threat. Ed Garvy's tanker project [measuring CO2 levels in the atmosphere and ocean] was still underway at Exxon, the company was still funding climate research, and climate science was continuing at various government agencies too."

#AmyWestervelt, 2018

https://www.spreaker.com/user/15244480/the-turn

#podcasts #Drilled #ClimateChange

How to spot five of the #FossilFuel industry’s biggest #disinformation tactics

#AmyWestervelt and #KylePope have covered #ClimateDisinformation for a combined 20-plus years – here’s their guide on how to decode it
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/14/climate-disinformation-explainer
#ClimateCrisis #BigOil

How to spot five of the #FossilFuel industry’s biggest #disinformation tactics

#AmyWestervelt and #KylePope have covered #ClimateDisinformation for a combined 20-plus years – here’s their guide on how to decode it
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/14/climate-disinformation-explainer
#ClimateCrisis #BigOil