Posted on 07/19/2021 11:42:05 AM PDT by USA Conservative
President Biden on Monday softened his criticism that platforms like Facebook are “killing people” with misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, saying he wishes the company would do more to stop the spread of inaccurate information.
On Monday, Biden responded to a reporter’s question about his hyperbolic statement.
“Facebook isn’t killing people, these 12 people are out there giving misinformation. Anyone listening to it is getting hurt by it. It’s killing people. It’s bad information,” Biden told reporters after giving remarks about the economy, referencing a study that showed a dozen accounts on Facebook are responsible for the majority of misinformation about the coronavirus vaccine seen on the platform.
“My hope is that Facebook, instead of taking it personally, that somehow I’m saying Facebook is killing people, that they would do something about the misinformation, the outrageous misinformation about the vaccine,” Biden added. “That’s what I meant.”
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In case you need a refresher of Biden’s comment:
Facebook has released a statement after being accused by President Biden of ‘killing people’ because it isn’t censoring enough COVID ‘misinformation’ at the behest of the U.S. government.
“We will not be distracted by accusations which aren’t supported by the facts,” a Facebook spokesperson told ABC News. “The fact is that more than 2 billion people have viewed authoritative information about COVID-19 and vaccines on Facebook, which is more than any other place on the Internet.”
“More than 3.3 million Americans have also used our vaccine finder tool to find out where and how to get a vaccine,” the statement added. “The facts show that Facebook is helping save lives. Period.”
It should be appreciated, first of all, that the U.S. government and Facebook have been working together to fight “misinformation” online, but clearly cannot even agree on the truth behind a single public statement by the president.
This is the irony that results when a private company teams up with the U.S. government to become the sole arbiters of “truth” in a public information space. Facebook practically called out Biden’s statement as ‘fake news.’
Biden clarifies his previous statement ... leaving everyone more confused than before.
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Anything senile Joe pushes is evil and destruction, there is absolutely nothing clean, pure or righteous about him or his gang sitting in the White House.
How do I join the “12”?
My wife is among the unfortunate, unwanted, hundreds whose ass he groped (during a White House photo opp in 2011), so I feel I’m due some recognition here.
GropyJoe, can I be 12? I’ll even take 13, you friggin douchebag.
LMAO..and speaking of “irony”....some here think you can “VOTE “ your way out of the mess we’ve allowed to be voted in....
facebook jail was just a chance to see if you wanted to play for real....lol...
get it yet???...keep posting.....you will eventually...
“My hope is that Facebook, instead of taking it personally, that somehow I’m saying Facebook is killing people, that they would do something about the misinformation, the outrageous misinformation about the vaccine,” Biden added.
“I think there’s about 12 Vax Pimps on this forum.“
What is a vax pimp?
People who pimp the “vaccine” on Free Republic. The ones who call us skeptics “anti vaxers” and flat earthers. The ones who call every article questioning the safety or efficacy of the jab “misinformation “.
Those are the Free Republic Vax Pimps.
I believe some of them actually work for the Vax companies or are government trolls.
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