The digital age has brought us incredible connectivity, but it has also birthed a shadow side: the rapid spread of climate misinformation. At this year’s London Climate Action Week, a vital global initiative called “City Climate Facts” was launched to combat this growing threat head-on. Spearheaded by C40 Cities, this program recognizes that city leaders are currently fighting a two-front war—one against the physical impacts of climate change, like poor air quality, and another against a flood of online falsehoods designed to sow confusion and delay policy action. By providing mayors with sophisticated data analysis, monitoring tools, and rapid-response communication…

The recent surge in online hostility toward Rohingya refugees in Malaysia is more than just a matter of social media discourse; it is a dangerous precursor to tangible, real-world violence. Veteran human rights defender Debbie Stothard, a long-time advocate for the Rohingya, recently joined activist Yasmin Ullah in a candid discussion hosted by The Rohingya Nation to sound the alarm on this growing threat. Having monitored the systematic persecution of the Rohingya since 2006—at a time when she labeled their suffering a “slow-burning genocide”—Stothard understands the trajectory of systemic hatred better than most. She emphasizes that the way a nation…