Biden says social media companies killing people by letting COVID-19 misinformation circulate
U.S. President Joe Biden said Friday that social media companies are killing people by failing to police misinformation on their platforms about COVID-19 vaccines.
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Posted: Jul 16, 2021 7:49 PM ET | Last Updated: July 16
U.S. President Joe Biden tries to hear questions shouted by reporters as he heads to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday.(Susan Walsh/The Associated Press)
U.S. President Joe Biden said Friday that social media companies are killing people by failing to police misinformation on their platforms about COVID-19 vaccines.
Biden: Social media platforms killing people with misinfo
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President Joe Biden walks past reporters as he heads to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 16, 2021, to spend the weekend at Camp David. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said Friday that social media companies are “killing people” by failing to police misinformation on their platforms about COVID-19 vaccines.
Biden’s comments came a day after U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared misinformation about the vaccines a threat to public health, and as U.S. officials advised that deaths and serious illness from the virus are almost entirely preventable because of the vaccines.
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Sputnik International
Last Updated Friday, July 16, 2021 4:52PM EDT WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden said Friday that social media companies are “killing people” by failing to police misinformation on their platforms about COVID-19 vaccines. Biden s comments came a day after U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared misinformation about the vaccines a threat to public health, and as U.S. officials advised that deaths and serious illness from the virus are almost entirely preventable because of the vaccines. Biden, asked if he had a message for platforms like Facebook where false or misleading information about the coronavirus vaccines has spread, told reporters, “They re killing people.”