Are activists spreading disinformation online? Fridays for Future reacts. More than 80 percent of Germans see disinformation as a major problem for our society and a threat to democracy.
Two thirds of those surveyed believe protest movements and activist groups are responsible for misinformation. “When we post a tweet, it usually only takes a few seconds until the first climate change deniers appear,” says Magdalena Hess, an activist with the Fridays For Future (FFF) movement. “I therefore see us more as those affected than as the origin of disinformation,’ says Hess.