California Gov. Gavin Newsom launched a website Saturday aimed at addressing the online spread of wildfire-related misinformation and disinformation, according to a news release.
The site,
CaliforniaFireFacts.com, serves to combat false information spread on the internet and “and by political leaders around the Southern California wildfires,” the release states.
“There is an astonishing amount of mis- and dis-information being spread online – much of it by so-called leaders and partisan media outlets who seek to divide this country for their own political gain. It breaks my heart that families in Los Angeles don’t just have to worry about the fires but also this malicious disinformation as well,” Newsom said in the release.
Here is an archive of the site.
The
site also includes a "Donate To The Cal Fire Foundation" button which is done through ActBlue, American Democratic Party political action committee (PAC) and fundraising platform
that is known to take a 3.95% processing fee on contributions to the groups using their service.