Tag: Biden Social media

Politics

Social media platforms ‘killing people’ with misinformation, says Biden

The U.S. President’s comments came each day after US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared misinformation about The vaccines a threat to public health President Joe Biden has said that social media companies are “killing people” by failing to police misinformation on Their platforms about COVID-19 vaccines. Mr. Biden's comments came each day after U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared misinformation about the Vaccines a threat to public health, and as US officials advised that deaths and high illness from the virus are almost Entirely preventable due to the vaccines. Mr. 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've is amo...