Labor’s attempt to enlist Meta to fight climate activists needs scrutiny – it’s all too likely to succeed

As Greta Thunberg notes, ‘activists all over the world are experiencing increased repressions just for fighting for our present and our future’. Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

So NSW’s premier, Chris Minns, thinks social media platforms like Meta should prevent climate activists from broadcasting their protests.

Scientists tell us that temperatures in the sea and air are spiking; a new study warns about global ecosystems collapsing sooner than predicted. Yet governments everywhere display more determination in suppressing protest than combating warming. As Greta Thunberg notes, “activists all over the world are experiencing increased repressions just for fighting for our present and our future”.