dancing, swimming, or drinking a beer. code words allow groups to share vaccine misinformation without getting shut down. facebook says it s cracking down on covid conspiracies as a recent poll reveals how far they have already spread. get this, one in five americans falsely believe the covid vaccine contains a government microchip. joining me, the new york times reporter cecilia containing, author of an ugly truth: inside facebook s battle for domination. i have not seen you since the book came out, congratulations to you. let s talk first about the anti-vaxxers. these groups show how facebook s algorithms can be easy to fool. why hasn t the company fixed these loopholes? it s a good question. but it s not a surprise. we saw in researching this book that this is part of a pattern. facebook is not proactive, it is rather reactive. one thing they ve struggled with is misinformation.
getting shut down. facebook says it s cracking down on covid conspiracies. as a recent poll reveals how far they have already spread. 1 in 5 americans falsely believe the covid vaccine contains a government microchip. joining me now, cecilia canning, coauthor of the new york times best-selling book, the ugly truth: inside s facebook battle for domination. i haven t seen you since you had the book come out, since you hit the new york times best-seller list, so congratulations to you. let s talk first about the anti-vaxxers. they show how it s easy to fool algorithms. why hasn t the company fixed the loopholes? it s not a surprise. we saw in researching this book that this is part of a pattern. facebook is not proactive. it s rather reactive. one thing they have really struggled with is misinformation. and one really key thing we should note is that superspreaders of
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they re teachers, they should be supported. this is what happens in all of the countries who we look at and say this is a great school system, whether it s in asia or in europe. they re supporting their teachers. they re not firing their teachers. they re not judging them by test scores or children. coming up, a year ago a $20 billion private equity firm pledged to get out of the gun business. now some newtown parents are frustrated. i hope they would just hold their promise and not let the victims of sandy hook down. why hasn t the company that made the weapon used at newtown been sold, as was the promise? that s next. e announcer ] if you can clear a crowd but not your nasal congestion, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec-d®. powerful relief of nasal congestion and other allergy symptoms all in one pill. zyrtec-d®. at the pharmacy counter.
saturday. coming up at 2:00 p.m. eastern this afternoon, exactly a year ago, 26 students and teachers were gunned down at sandy hook elementary school. four days later, a $20 billion private equity firm pledged to get out of the gun business. remember? now, newtown parents are frustrated. it was a pledge that was made, and if it was something they weren t going to honor or stand behind, it shouldn t have been made. why hasn t the company that made that weapon used at newtown being sold? the promise that was made. join us at 2:00 p.m. eastern. coming up at the top of the hour, tonight, six college athletes gather in new york to find out who will be awarded the heisman photography for the top college football player. a.j., letter known for two national championship rings but a particularly close bond with a player off the field that makes him special. i was holding tears right back then, just hearing the