Published: January 07, 2020
The intense disinformation campaign online about the causes of the bushfires is a mad scramble from interests that are vested in ongoing climate denial
Have you heard the one about how the Australian fires have been caused by a secret government conspiracy to install party sparklers in rain clouds? That one turned up on my Facebook feed this morning.
As the fast-moving Australian fires have incinerated communities, taken lives and destroyed wildlife, the speed of their progress has been matched only by the conspicuous amplification of online conspiracy theories to explain them.
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