By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 7-16-21

President Joe Biden said July 16 that Facebook was “killing people” by hosting vaccine misinformation on its social media platform.

Facebook called the comments unsupported accusations that are a distraction from its effort to save lives.

The White House this week has been pushing Big Tech to do more to weed out anti-vaccine posts and related conspiracy theories.

Asked by a reporter about what his message on misinformation was to platforms “like Facebook,” the president responded: “They’re killing people. The only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated, and they’re killing people.”  » Read More