Facebook pushes back against Biden remarks on COVID-19 misinformation
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook continued its pushback Saturday against President Biden's comment that social media platforms were killing people" with COVID-19 misinformation, in a blog post from its vice president of integrity Guy Rosen. The post states that the facts tell a very different story to the one promoted by the administration in recent days."
At a time when COVID-19 cases are rising in America, the Biden administration has chosen to blame a handful of American social media companies," Rosen wrote. While social media plays an important role in society, it is clear that we need a whole of society approach to end this pandemic. And facts - not allegations - should help inform that effort."
(The post was titled Moving Past the Finger Pointing:...