'Anyone listening to [the misinformation] is getting hurt by it. It is killing people. It's bad information,' President Biden said.
isn't killing people" by allowing their platform to share COVID-19 misinformation, but he urged the company to crack down on the dozen or so users who are spreading lies about vaccines.
Biden on Monday sought to clarify, or at least partially reiterate, his passing comment to reporters outside the White House last week that Facebook is"killing people" through COVID-19 misinformation. Biden was asked by reporters Friday what his message to social media outlets is regarding bogus posts and public health misinformation.
"My hope is that Facebook instead of taking it personally that somehow I am saying that Facebook is killing people that they would do something about the misinformation. The outrageous misinformation about the vaccine. That's what I meant," Biden told reporters at the White House Monday morning. Biden continued, describing the lead-up to Friday remarks about Facebook"killing people" through the spread of disinformation. He noted that only a handful of the platform's users are reported to be promulgating such lies about vaccinations.
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