“President Putin in South Africa,” reads the Facebook post, which has been shared more than 400 times since it was published on July 15, 2022 and features a video of Putin and his delegation disembarking from a plane.
“Within a few years it is predicted that due to the ice melt the sea will rise and make most coast cities uninhabitable,” says text in a June 1, 2022 Facebook post.
“Corruption is strong for the liberals through the world,” says a June 29, 2022 Facebook post.
“Ukrainian army destroys its own drilling platform,” reads a simplified-Chinese Weibo post shared on June 21.
Critics say greenwashing makes companies look more climate-friendly than they really are. The term has been used for decades – but the practice has surged as climate fears have mounted in recent years. It proliferates in traditional as well as social media.