With the news ecosystem awash with claims and counter-claims of info about the environment, Facebook has created a community to act against climate-change denial. It's a move to ease users' fears of fake news and provide people with factual and up-to-date climate information.

Social media has the ability to send its users into a spiral of self-pity one day and transform their lives through the power of community the next. Canvas8 spoke to Sarah Raphael, co-author ofMixed Feelings, about our love-hate relationship with social media and what this means for brands.

Whether to stay connected, informed, or distracted, social media plays multiple roles in people’s day-to-day lives – and it’s proving especially useful during the COVID-19 crisis. Canvas8 polled 1,000 Americans and spoke to nine people to find out what they want from these platforms and why.

It’s generally accepted that people shouldn’t believe everything that they read online. But what role can brands play in combating misinformation? A study has revealed that people want businesses to take action against fake news, especially when it directly implicates the company.