{"id":2227,"date":"2021-07-20T08:55:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T06:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/20\/biden-calls-on-facebook-to-tackle-misinformation-after-saying-its-killing-people\/"},"modified":"2021-07-20T08:55:55","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T06:55:55","slug":"biden-calls-on-facebook-to-tackle-misinformation-after-saying-its-killing-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/20\/biden-calls-on-facebook-to-tackle-misinformation-after-saying-its-killing-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden calls on Facebook to tackle misinformation after saying it\u2019s \u2018killing people\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

President says he hopes platform won\u2019t take his earlier remark \u2018personally\u2019 and instead act to save lives<\/p>\n

Joe Biden has tempered his assessment that social media platforms are \u201ckilling people\u201d<\/a> by hosting misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccines, saying Monday that he hoped they would not take it \u201cpersonally\u201d and instead would act to save lives.<\/p>\n

While companies like Facebook defend their practices and say they are helping people around the world access verified information about the shots, the White House says they haven\u2019t done enough to stop misinformation that has helped to slow the pace of new vaccinations in the US to a trickle. It comes as the US sees a rise in virus cases and deaths among those who haven\u2019t gotten a shot, in what officials call an emerging \u201cpandemic of the unvaccinated\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\nPresident says he hopes platform won\u2019t take his earlier remark \u2018personally\u2019 and instead act to save lives
\nJoe Biden has tempered his assessment that social media platforms are \u201ckilling people\u201d by hosting misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccines, saying Monday that he hoped they would not take it \u201cpersonally\u201d and instead would act to save lives.
\nWhile companies like Facebook defend their practices and say they are helping people around the world access verified information about the shots, the White House says they haven\u2019t done enough to stop misinformation that has helped to slow the pace of new vaccinations in the US to a trickle. It comes as the US sees a rise in virus cases and deaths among those who haven\u2019t gotten a shot, in what officials call an emerging \u201cpandemic of the unvaccinated\u201d. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President says he hopes platform won\u2019t take his earlier remark \u2018personally\u2019 and instead act to save lives Joe Biden has tempered his assessment that social media platforms are \u201ckilling people\u201d by hosting misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccines, saying Monday that he hoped they would not take it \u201cpersonally\u201d and instead would act to save lives. …<\/p>\n

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