End fossil fuel advertising and climate misinformation on social media!
John,
Google, Facebook, and Tiktok generated ad sales worth over $290 billion in 2020.
Google and Facebook alone made $219 billion, or 34 percent of the total advertising market.
The advertising platform that these companies manage are significant drivers of public opinion and for Big Oil companies, like Exxon Mobil, provide an excellent microphone for them to greenwash their image and prevent further action on climate change.
Big Oil significantly alters the public debate on climate change by advertising on social media and big tech websites.
But there is no reason why they should be allowed to, especially since there is a precedent for big tech companies to ban ads from harmful industries already.
Social media companies have already banned tobacco advertisements because of the damage they do to public health… But even though recent peer-reviewed research on fossil fuel air pollution found that it kills one in five people globally, there is no such ban in place for Big Oil companies.
Let's change that!
Stand with DFA, Data For Progress, and Progress America as we push for big tech companies to do the right thing and ban fossil fuel advertisements on their platforms.
Emissions from fossil fuels are the leading cause of preventable deaths worldwide, with children, the elderly, those living in poverty, and people of color feeling the worst impacts of it.
That's why when fossil fuel companies run uplifting ads on the worlds leading advertising companies to influence the debate and block climate action, we must fight back.
The fossil fuel industry will do whatever it takes to maintain the status quo and deny future generations a livable planet.
Any company that allows them to continue advertising on their platform is displaying a huge failure of leadership... we must make them act. We cannot allow them to advertise on the world's biggest platforms any longer.
If you agree that it’s past time for big tech companies to ban fossil fuel advertisements, please add your name to our petition now.
Thanks for doing everything you can to stop the fossil fuel industry and protect the climate for future generations.
- Tre
Tre Graves
Campaign Organizer
Democracy for America
