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US surgeon-general defends new mask rules July 19 2021 12:32 AM RELATED STORIES
US Surgeon-General Dr Vivek Murthy: The (social media) platforms have to recognise that they played a major role in the increase in speed and scale with which misinformation is spreading.
Text Size: Reuters/AFP/Washington US Surgeon-General Vivek Murthy stood by federal guidance that those fully vaccinated against coronavirus (Covid-19) no longer needed to wear masks, while blaming social media companies for fuelling vaccine misinformation.
He told CNN’s State of the Union that allowing vaccinated individuals to forgo masks also gives communities the flexibility to revert to mask mandates based on new infections and vaccination rates, as Los Angeles has done.
Se intensifica batalla entre Facebook y gobierno de Biden tras acusación de desinformación
Vivek Murthy reiteró las advertencias de que las historias falsas sobre las vacunas se habían convertido en un peligro para la salud
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Facebook y la administración de Biden se involucraron en un intercambio cada vez más rencoroso durante el fin de semana después de que la administración denunciara al gigante de las redes sociales por difundir información errónea sobre las vacunas contra el Covid-19.
El domingo, el cirujano general, Vivek Murthy, reiteró las advertencias de que las historias falsas sobre las vacunas se habían convertido en un peligro para la salud. Estas plataformas tienen que reconocer que han jugado un papel importante en el aumento de la velocidad y la escala con la que se difunde la información errónea , dijo Murthy.
Facebook says it should not be blamed for US failing to meet vaccine goals
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American cases of COVID-19 are up 70% over the previous week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook on Saturday defended itself against U.S. President Joe Biden’s assertion that the social media platform is killing people by allowing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to proliferate, saying the facts tell a different story. The data shows that 85% of Facebook users in the US have been or want to be vaccinated against COVID-19, Facebook said in a corporate blog post by Guy Rosen, a company vice president. President Biden’s goal was for 70% of Americans to be vaccinated by July 4. Facebook is not the reason this goal was missed.