The big operators of social networks where circulates the disinformation about the vaccines “kill people”, accused US President Joe Biden on Friday.
“They kill people.
The only pandemic we have is affecting people who are not vaccinated.
They kill people, ”he replied to a question about what his message was to groups such as Facebook, as he was about to leave the White House in a helicopter.
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The White House has sharply toughened its tone this week against big tech groups, asking them to fight more against false information about vaccines.
The United States is working to revive vaccination in the face of the very rapid spread of the Delta variant.
Facebook more particularly targeted
Biden administration spokeswoman Jen Psaki specifically targeted Facebook on Thursday.
“There are about 12 people who produce 65% of the misinformation hostile to vaccines on social media.
All remain active on Facebook, while some have been banned from other platforms, ”she said.
The White House, however, did not immediately give details of these 12 people, or how this score was made.
“Facebook needs to be faster to delete dangerous and rule-breaking messages, messages that break their rules often persist for days.
It is too long.
Information travels too fast, ”said Jen Psaki.
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The group of Mark Zuckerberg, in response to these comments dating from Thursday, defended itself by claiming to have already withdrawn "more than 18 million copies of disinformation on the Covid" and "distributed to more than 2 billion people of reliable information on Covid-19 and vaccines.
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