"The truth matters": Biden and Zuckerberg trade criticisms after Meta kills fact-checking
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"The truth matters": Biden and Zuckerberg trade criticisms after Meta kills fact-checking

Salon  

President Joe Biden condemned Meta’s decision to fire its U.S. fact-checkers on Friday, hours after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg accused the Biden administration of demanding the social media company pull down certain content. Speaking to reporters on Friday, Biden called the move “completely contrary to everything America's about.” “Telling the truth matters… You think it doesn't matter that they let things be printed where millions of people read things that are simply not true?” Biden said. “These people from the Biden administration would call up our team and, like, scream at them and curse," Zuckerberg told the noted vaccine skeptic. '” Zuckerberg said Meta’s fact checks had become “something out of '1984,'” and added that following Trump’s first election he “deferred too much to the critiques of the media on what we should do.” In spite of all that, Zuckerberg bristled at the suggestion that he was changing content policies in response to the recent election of Trump.

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DC Edit | Meta wrong to end fact checks
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1 day, 16 hours ago

DC Edit | Meta wrong to end fact checks

Deccan Chronicle  

At the core of this restructuring lies Zuckerberg’s decision to relax content moderation rules and phase out the third-party fact-checking platforms, which he claimed were stifling free speech and promoting bias. The company, which owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads, will use the community notes system, which is similar to the one used by Trump’s ally Elon Musk-led social media …

'Misleading' and 'not true': EU official slams Meta CEO Zuckerberg over censorship claim
2 days, 18 hours ago

'Misleading' and 'not true': EU official slams Meta CEO Zuckerberg over censorship claim

Firstpost  

Zuckerberg had criticised Europe’s regulatory landscape. The rebuttal is one of the strongest responses from an EU official amid ongoing tensions with US tech companies over regulatory compliance European Commission Vice President Henna Virkkunen dismissed Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s claim that the European Union is “institutionalising censorship,” calling the statement misleading and untrue. Zuckerberg had criticised Europe’s regulatory landscape, saying, …

‘They pushed us hard to take down true things’: Zuckerberg alleges Biden administration pushed to censor vaccine posts
3 days, 22 hours ago

‘They pushed us hard to take down true things’: Zuckerberg alleges Biden administration pushed to censor vaccine posts

Live Mint  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg claimed that the Biden administration applied significant pressure on Facebook to censor content related to COVID-19 vaccine side effects. He added, “I think that while they're trying to push that program, they also tried to censor anyone who was arguing against it.” “We’re not going to do that” “They pushed us super hard to take down …

Joe Biden blasts ’shameful’ Meta decision to scrap US fact-checking: ‘Completely contrary to everything America’s about’
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4 days, 7 hours ago

Joe Biden blasts ’shameful’ Meta decision to scrap US fact-checking: ‘Completely contrary to everything America’s about’

Live Mint  

US President Joe Biden criticised Meta on Friday for removing fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in the United States. He called the decision "really shameful" after a global network cautioned about potential real-world harm if the company extends this move to other countries. Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg triggered alarm Tuesday when he announced the Palo Alto company was ditching …

Biden slams Meta for scrapping fact-checking in US, calls the move 'shameful'
4 days, 10 hours ago

Biden slams Meta for scrapping fact-checking in US, calls the move 'shameful'

Firstpost  

The International Fact-Checking Network has warned of devastating consequences if Meta broadens its policy shift beyond US borders to the company’s programs covering more than 100 countries US President Joe Biden blasted Meta Friday for scrapping fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in the United States, calling the move “really shameful” after a global network warned of real-world harm if the …

Telling the truth matters: Biden tears into Meta's decision to end fact-checking
4 days, 10 hours ago

Telling the truth matters: Biden tears into Meta's decision to end fact-checking

India Today  

US President Joe Biden has said that Meta's decision to end its fact-checking program, previously criticised by Donald Trump, as "really shameful". In a wide-ranging media interaction days before he demits office, Biden said the move by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the owner of platforms like Facebook and Instagram, would allow "things that are simply not true" to be read by …

No more fact-checking for Meta. How will this change media — and the pursuit of truth?
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6 days, 4 hours ago

No more fact-checking for Meta. How will this change media — and the pursuit of truth?

Associated Press  

“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts,” the late New York Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan memorably wrote four decades ago. Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement this week was widely seen in news verification circles as a genuflection to president-elect Donald Trump, whose first term in office popularized the phrase “alternative facts.” Meta is replacing its …

No more fact-checking for Meta. How will this change media — and the pursuit of truth?
6 days, 10 hours ago

No more fact-checking for Meta. How will this change media — and the pursuit of truth?

New Indian Express  

“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts,” the late New York Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan memorably wrote four decades ago. That seems like a simpler time — especially when you consider Meta’s decision to end a fact-checking program on social media apps Facebook, Instagram and Threads and what the ramifications might be for an industry …

Zuckerberg ends fact-checking on Meta's Facebook, Instagram: Why it could lead to a flood of misinformation
1 week ago

Zuckerberg ends fact-checking on Meta's Facebook, Instagram: Why it could lead to a flood of misinformation

Firstpost  

Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta has announced that it will end its fact-checking programme in the US, citing that the checkers have become ‘too biased’. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook and Instagram would be ending their current third party fact checking programme in the United States and instead begin moving to a Community Notes programme. Opening floodgates to misinformation While …

Fact-checkers, targeted by MAGA loyalists, blast Zuckerberg’s assertion their work was ‘biased’
1 week ago

Fact-checkers, targeted by MAGA loyalists, blast Zuckerberg’s assertion their work was ‘biased’

CNN  

New York CNN — Meta’s surprise decision to scrap its fact-checking partnerships – blindsiding journalists involved in the program and putting some out of work – is part of a much bigger shift in media and politics. “In fact, we would have lost our contract if they suspected it.” Duke said his website will stay in business – it has …

Zuckerberg’s MAGA turn insulates Meta for a while. But the business has bigger problems
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1 week ago

Zuckerberg’s MAGA turn insulates Meta for a while. But the business has bigger problems

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. New York CNN — Four years ago, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg banned Donald Trump from Facebook and Instagram, saying the risks of allowing him on the platforms were “simply too great” after Trump repeatedly used the sites to broadcast election lies and cheer on the January 6 mob. In …

Meta to discontinue fact-checking, rely on user-based filtration: Zuckerberg
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1 week ago

Meta to discontinue fact-checking, rely on user-based filtration: Zuckerberg

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Meta Platforms chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced a decision to do away with the company's long-standing fact checking teams—choosing instead to establish a ‘community notes’ mechanism akin to Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter. Zuckerberg’s other moves include backing the incoming Trump administration to influence global governments that the executive said has made it difficult for “American …

Meta Ditches Fact-Checkers Ahead of Trump’s Second Term
55 years ago

Meta Ditches Fact-Checkers Ahead of Trump’s Second Term

Wired  

Meta announced Tuesday that it is abandoning its third-party fact-checking programs on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads and replacing its army of paid moderators with a Community Notes model that mimics X’s much-maligned volunteer program, which allows users to publicly flag content they believe to be incorrect or misleading. In a video accompanying the blog post, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said …

Mark Zuckerberg’s MAGA makeover will reshape the entire internet
Top News
1 week, 1 day ago

Mark Zuckerberg’s MAGA makeover will reshape the entire internet

CNN  

New York CNN — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is making sweeping changes to the social internet, all in line with the desires of President-elect Donald Trump and his supporters. The recent elections “feel like a cultural tipping point towards once again prioritizing speech,” Zuckerberg said in his announcement, justifying relaxed new content moderation rules on Facebook, Instagram and Threads. Tuesday …

Mark Zuckerberg dumps fact-checkers on Meta, Trump pleased, Elon Musk approves
1 week, 1 day ago

Mark Zuckerberg dumps fact-checkers on Meta, Trump pleased, Elon Musk approves

India Today  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced a slew of changes to content moderation and policy on the social media platform, including the scrapping of fact-checkers in favour of X-style community notes. Instead, Meta plans to implement a "community notes" system, mirroring the model used by X, where users collaboratively provide context and clarifications to potentially contentious posts. To further …

Mark Zuckerberg Vows to Be Neutral–While Tossing Gifts to Trump and the GOP
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg Vows to Be Neutral–While Tossing Gifts to Trump and the GOP

Wired  

This week Mark Zuckerberg sent a letter to Jim Jordan, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee. Specifically, he said that in 2021 the Biden administration asked Meta “to censor some Covid-related content.” Meta did take the posts down, and Zuckerberg now regrets the decision. After years of insisting that, right or wrong, a social media company’s content decisions did …

Shed partisan glasses in reading Meta letter
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Shed partisan glasses in reading Meta letter

Hindustan Times  

Meta founder-CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s letter to the United States House Judiciary Committee that says the Joe Biden administration “pressured” the digital giant to “censor” content on its platforms, including Facebook, has been weaponised by the Republicans in the election season. The Republicans have long claimed that social media companies have been colluding with liberal political persuasions and censoring conservative voices, …

Fact Check: Zuckerberg's 'doctored' Covid vaccine video goes viral after his claims against Biden-Harris
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Fact Check: Zuckerberg's 'doctored' Covid vaccine video goes viral after his claims against Biden-Harris

Hindustan Times  

A ‘leaked video’ featuring Mark Zuckerberg warning about the potential dangers of the COVID-19 vaccine has resurfaced, just hours after he accused the Biden-Harris administration of censoring information related to the pandemic. Zuckerberg's leaked video warning staff against vaccine use A leaked video from 2021, featuring Meta/Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussing COVID-19 vaccines, has been circulating online. “This is Mark …

Zuckerberg says the White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content during the pandemic
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Zuckerberg says the White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content during the pandemic

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says senior Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to “censor” some COVID-19 content during the pandemic and vowed that the social media giant would push back if it faced such demands again. In a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, the Republican chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Zuckerberg alleges that the officials, including those from …

Meta CEO Zuckerberg says U.S. pressure on Covid-19 posts was 'wrong'
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Meta CEO Zuckerberg says U.S. pressure on Covid-19 posts was 'wrong'

Raw Story  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes U.S. government pressure on his social media platforms to take down certain Covid-19 content in 2021 was "wrong," and said he would resist similar attempts in the future, according to a letter submitted to a US congressional committee. Regarding the pandemic, the Facebook founder said the Biden administration had in 2021 "repeatedly pressured our teams …

Mark Zuckerberg says Biden administration pressured Facebook to censor Covid-19 content in 2021
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg says Biden administration pressured Facebook to censor Covid-19 content in 2021

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mark Zuckerberg has now said that the Biden administration pressured …

Elon Musk brands Facebook revelations a 'first amendment violation' after Mark Zuckerberg admitted White House 'pressured' Meta to censor 'Covid misinformation' as well as 'demote' Hunter Biden laptop
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Elon Musk brands Facebook revelations a 'first amendment violation' after Mark Zuckerberg admitted White House 'pressured' Meta to censor 'Covid misinformation' as well as 'demote' Hunter Biden laptop

Daily Mail  

X CEO Elon Musk has branded the revelations that the Biden administration put pressure on Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, to censor COVID misinformation as a 'First Amendment violation.' X CEO Elon Musk branded the Facebook revelations as a 'First Amendment violation' Zuckerberg admitted that Meta demoted stories about Hunter Biden and his laptop Mark Zuckerberg promised not …

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says U.S. pressure on Covid-19 posts was 'wrong'
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says U.S. pressure on Covid-19 posts was 'wrong'

The Hindu  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes U.S. government pressure on his social media platforms to take down certain Covid-19 content in 2021 was "wrong," and said he would resist similar attempts in the future, according to a letter submitted to a US congressional committee. Regarding the pandemic, the Facebook founder said the Biden administration had in 2021 "repeatedly pressured our teams …

Mark Zuckerberg writes to House Judiciary Committee, exposes censorship regime of US President Joe Biden
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg writes to House Judiciary Committee, exposes censorship regime of US President Joe Biden

Op India  

On Monday, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg exposed how the Biden administration weaponised political censorship to curtail free speech on platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. In his letter to the House Judiciary Committee, Mark Zuckerberg stated, “In 2021, senior officials from the Biden Administration, including the White House, repeatedly pressured our teams for months to censor certain COVID-19 content, including …

Biden administration pressured Meta to censor Covid content: Zuckerberg
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden administration pressured Meta to censor Covid content: Zuckerberg

Deccan Chronicle  

Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee has alleged that the Biden-Harris administration "repeatedly pressurised" Meta's teams to censor posts related to Covid.He further said that the platform had to make some changes, that "with the benefit of hindsight and new information," they won't make today. Like I said to our teams at …

Mark Zuckerberg alleges Biden-Harris administration ‘pressured’ Meta to censor Covid-related posts: ‘I regret that we…’
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg alleges Biden-Harris administration ‘pressured’ Meta to censor Covid-related posts: ‘I regret that we…’

Hindustan Times  

In a letter to the House Judiciary Committee, Mark Zuckerberg has alleged that the Biden-Harris administration "repeatedly pressured" Meta's teams to censor Covid-related posts. The Meta Chief Executive Officer also claimed that the platform had to make changes that "with the benefit of hindsight and new information," they would not make today. Mark Zuckerberg alleges Biden-Harris administration ‘pressured’ Meta to …

Mark Zuckerberg ADMITS censoring for Joe Biden in bombshell letter and whines about 'pressure' from White House
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg ADMITS censoring for Joe Biden in bombshell letter and whines about 'pressure' from White House

Daily Mail  

Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that the Biden administration was 'wrong' to demand Facebook censor what they deemed 'COVID misinformation' during the pandemic. Zuckerberg wrote that the Biden White House 'repeatedly pressured our teams for months to censor certain COVID-19 content, including humor and satire, and expressed a lot of frustration with our teams when we didn't agree' Zuckerberg also said …

Mark Zuckerberg says goal is to be ‘neutral’ on politics
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg says goal is to be ‘neutral’ on politics

Live Mint  

WASHINGTON—Meta Platforms Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told a House panel that he decided to stop contributions to help local governments administer elections in an effort to avoid claims of political bias, after such spending in the 2020 election set off alarms among Republicans. “Despite the analysis I’ve seen showing otherwise, I know that some people believe this work benefited one …

Did Biden’s White House pressure Mark Zuckerberg to censor COVID content?
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Did Biden’s White House pressure Mark Zuckerberg to censor COVID content?

Al Jazeera  

In a letter to the House Judiciary Committee, the Meta chief said he regretted caving in to government pressure. Zuckerberg wrote the letter to the House Judiciary Committee on Monday, saying White House officials pressured his teams “for months to censor certain COVID-19 content”. The letter detailed that the COVID-19 content censored due to pressure from the Biden administration included …

White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content during the pandemic, Zuckerberg says
4 months, 2 weeks ago

White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content during the pandemic, Zuckerberg says

LA Times  

Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary committees on Capitol Hill in Washington in 2018. Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg says senior Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to “censor” some COVID-19 content during the pandemic and vowed that the social media giant would push back if it faced such demands again. In …

Republican who tried to stop Biden administration 'coercing' social media companies to 'censor' posts says he hopes Supreme Court 'sides with the Constitution' after justices appeared to side with Whi
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Republican who tried to stop Biden administration 'coercing' social media companies to 'censor' posts says he hopes Supreme Court 'sides with the Constitution' after justices appeared to side with Whi

Daily Mail  

Sen. Eric Schmitt, who filed the case as Missouri attorney general exclusively told DailyMail.com he hopes the court sides with his home state Legal scholars noted after the arguments that he justices seemed skeptical of the state's claims The Supreme Court expressed skepticism about a Republican-led effort to stop the Biden administration's coercion with social media companies, sparking GOP outrage …

Opinion: When is it wrong to urge social media platforms to take down false information?
1 year, 4 months ago

Opinion: When is it wrong to urge social media platforms to take down false information?

LA Times  

A decision on Friday by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit puts in jeopardy one of the few tools that exist to deal with false speech on the internet. The court ruled that the White House, the FBI, the surgeon general’s office and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cannot communicate with …

Biden administration appeals ban on social media contacts
1 year, 6 months ago

Biden administration appeals ban on social media contacts

India Today  

The Biden administration on Wednesday appealed a federal judge's ruling restricting some agencies and officials from meeting and communicating with social media companies to moderate their content, according to a court filing. The notice of appeal filed on Wednesday signalled the government's plan to ask the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans to review the …

Judge limits Biden administration in working with social media companies
1 year, 6 months ago

Judge limits Biden administration in working with social media companies

Associated Press  

A judge on Tuesday prohibited several federal agencies and officials of the Biden administration from working with social media companies about “protected speech,” a decision called “a blow to censorship” by one of the Republican officials whose lawsuit prompted the ruling. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a period perhaps best characterized by widespread doubt and uncertainty, the United States Government seems …

Facebook is having a tougher time managing vaccine misinformation than it is letting on, leaks suggest
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook is having a tougher time managing vaccine misinformation than it is letting on, leaks suggest

CNN  

New York CNN Business — In public, Facebook has touted the resources it has dedicated to tackling Covid-19 and vaccine misinformation, even scolding US President Joe Biden for his harsh criticism of the company’s handling of the issue. “We have no idea about the scale of the problem when it comes to comments,” an internal research report posted to Facebook’s …

Fighting wave of misinfo, YouTube bans false vaccine claims
3 years, 3 months ago

Fighting wave of misinfo, YouTube bans false vaccine claims

Associated Press  

YouTube announced a sweeping crackdown of vaccine misinformation Wednesday that booted popular anti-vaccine influencers from its site and deleted false claims that have been made about a range of immunizations. Despite tech companies announcing a string of new rules around COVID-19 and vaccine misinformation during the pandemic, falsehoods have still found big audiences on the platforms. Facebook, which also owns …

White House communications director Kate Bedingfield says they're reviewing section 230
3 years, 5 months ago

White House communications director Kate Bedingfield says they're reviewing section 230

Daily Mail  

White House comms director Kate Bedingfield said social media companies should be held accountable for publishing misleading info on vaccine White House communications director Kate Bedingfield said on Tuesday that social media companies should be held accountable for publishing misleading information on the COVID vaccine. She also said the administration is reviewing Section 230, a section of the law that …

Biden: ‘Killing people’ remark was call for big tech to act
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden: ‘Killing people’ remark was call for big tech to act

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden tempered his assessment that social media giants are “killing people” by hosting misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines on their platforms, saying Monday that he hoped they would not take it “personally” and instead would act to save lives. It comes as the U.S. sees a rise in virus cases and deaths among those who haven’t …

Facebook slams Joe Biden after he claimed they were 'killing people' with COVID-19 misinformation
3 years, 5 months ago

Facebook slams Joe Biden after he claimed they were 'killing people' with COVID-19 misinformation

Daily Mail  

Facebook has 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. Zuckerberg V Biden: Facebook has hit back at President Biden after he accused the company of 'killing people' by allowing misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine to circulate on its platform Facebook has defended itself …

Biden: Social media platforms ‘killing people’ with misinformation
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden: Social media platforms ‘killing people’ with misinformation

India TV News  

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, when 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.” “The only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated,” …

Joe Biden says Facebook is 'killing people' by carrying COVID-19 misinformation
3 years, 5 months ago

Joe Biden says Facebook is 'killing people' by carrying COVID-19 misinformation

ABC  

US President Joe Biden said social media platforms like Facebook "are killing people" by allowing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to be posted on their platforms, as the administration continued criticising the company. Key points: The Biden administration is arguing Facebook and other platforms need to do more to combat misinformation about coronavirus Facebook claims it is helping to save lives …

Biden: Social media platforms ‘killing people’ with misinfo
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden: Social media platforms ‘killing people’ with misinfo

Associated Press  

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, 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.” “The only pandemic we have is among the …

Conservatives freak out after Biden says Facebook is "killing people" with misinformation
3 years, 5 months ago

Conservatives freak out after Biden says Facebook is "killing people" with misinformation

Salon  

As the coronavirus pandemic surges in the U.S. again, a clearly frustrated President Joe Biden made a remarkable statement on Friday, accusing giant social media companies of "killing people" by allowing vaccine-related misinformation to proliferate on their platforms. Biden's comments come amid a striking pressure campaign by the White House against Facebook, in particular, with Biden press secretary Jen Psaki …

Biden: Social media ‘killing people’ with COVID misinformation
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden: Social media ‘killing people’ with COVID misinformation

Al Jazeera  

Misinformation about the virus and vaccines has spread on platforms including Facebook and Twitter. President Joe Biden has said that social media companies are “killing people” by failing to police misinformation on their platforms about COVID-19 vaccines. “Misinformation poses an imminent and insidious threat to our nation’s health,” Murthy said during remarks on Thursday at the White House. Lives are …

‘They’re killing people’: Biden blames social media for COVID-19 vaccine misinformation
3 years, 5 months ago

‘They’re killing people’: Biden blames social media for COVID-19 vaccine misinformation

LA Times  

President Biden targeted social media platforms like Facebook on Friday for allowing the spread of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, as many Americans’ resistance to getting the shots has left wide swaths of the country vulnerable to the more contagious Delta variant. President Biden said Friday that misinformation on social media about COVID-19 vaccines was “killing people.” Unlike the increase in …

Joe Rogan addresses his controversial anti-vaccine comments
3 years, 8 months ago

Joe Rogan addresses his controversial anti-vaccine comments

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Joe Rogan, Spotify’s top podcast host, responded to the controversy surrounding his remarks that healthy young people should not get the Covid vaccine. I just said I don’t think if you’re a young healthy person you need it.” “Their argument was you need it for other people,” Rogan continued. That’s a different conversation.” CNN medical …

Facebook, Twitter grilled on election response by US senators
4 years, 1 month ago

Facebook, Twitter grilled on election response by US senators

Al Jazeera  

The tech CEOs are taking questions before a United States Senate committee to defend their handling of election disinformation. 17 Nov 2020 - 17:56 GMT Twitter’s Dorsey says social media ‘can be addictive’ Dorsey, when questioned again by Senator Graham about whether Facebook can be addictive, responded: “I do think like anything else, these tools can be addictive and we …

Coronavirus vaccine: Labour calls for emergency censorship laws for anti-vax content
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus vaccine: Labour calls for emergency censorship laws for anti-vax content

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The government should bring forward emergency legislation to “stamp out” dangerous …

How does Facebook fact check claims about COVID-19 vaccines?
4 years, 5 months ago

How does Facebook fact check claims about COVID-19 vaccines?

The Hindu  

Since the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus an international health emergency in January, Facebook Inc has removed more than 7 million pieces of content with false claims about the virus that could pose an immediate health risk to people who believe them. But in most instances, Facebook does not remove misinformation about the new COVID-19 vaccines that are …

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