- President walks back ‘Facebook is killing people’ comment
- White House reiterates: ‘This is a pandemic of the unvaccinated’
Ahoy there, liveblog readers. Happy Tuesday.
Yesterday Joe Biden walked back some of his criticism of Facebook, saying he never meant to say “Facebook is killing people” when it came to the spread of misinformation around Covid vaccines.
President Biden clarifies his statement about Facebook: "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." pic.twitter.com/GXfZOHxWKl
.@morningmika: Should social media companies be legally "liable for publishing" misinformation about vaccines and "open to lawsuits?"
.@WHCommsDir: "We're reviewing that, and certainly they should be held accountable." pic.twitter.com/txXUWzmqRO
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Originally posted in the guardian.
