Some industry observers told ABC News that the ostensible softening toward Trump by big-tech corporations reflects a new business landscape that is both heavily influenced by the president-elect and increasingly defined by the development of energy-intensive artificial intelligence products.

False claims can go viral rapidly in the wake of a natural disaster — especially when they're about climate change, and posted on social media.

Meta's end to fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram opens the floodgates for misinformation and disinformation, making climate disasters potentially worse.