CDU proposes public climate blacklist

The move follows a Verbraucherkommission recommendation for an independent database that documents statements judged false and supplies corrective sources.

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Five members of Germany's CDU party in Baden-Württemberg, led by former consumer protection minister Peter Hauk, have asked the state government to examine creating a public register of people who repeatedly spread alleged climate disinformation. They ask whether such a list is “sensible and legally feasible” and what steps would be needed.

The move follows a Verbraucherkommission recommendation for a database that documents statements judged false, flags them, and provides corrective sources, to be maintained by an independent body.

The commission also wants social networks to remove automated accounts spreading falsehoods and to hide such posts.