According to President Joe Biden, how are Social media platforms “killing people”?
When asked on Friday, July 16, 2021, if he had a message for platforms like Facebook where false information about the coronavirus vaccines has spread, President Joe Biden told reporters, “They’re killing people.” On Monday, July 19, 2021, Biden explained that he meant his rhetoric to pressure the social platforms to take action.
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A study by the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a nonprofit that studies extremism, has linked just a dozen accounts to most vaccine misinformation on Facebook. “Facebook isn’t killing people. These 12 people are out there giving misinformation. Anyone listening to it is getting hurt by it. It’s killing people,” Biden said.