Pinterest becomes first social platform to ban climate change misinformation

Pinterest updated its policies to ban the spread of misinformation about climate change.

The popular photo-sharing app changed its policies to restrict the spread of "climate misinformation," according to new guidelines announced on Wednesday.

"Our new policy makes Pinterest the only major digital platform to have clearly defined guidelines against false or misleading climate change information, including conspiracy theories, across content and ads," the tech company said in a press release.