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'Facebook Isn't Killing People' -- Biden Walks Back Attack Over Vaccine Lies

Monday July 19, 2021. 07:26 PM , from Slashdot/Apple
President Joe Biden walked back some of his criticism of Facebook, saying Monday he meant to accuse a dozen users, but not the social media platform itself, of spreading deadly lies about Covid vaccines. From a report: 'Facebook isn't killing people,' Biden said. Biden added that he hopes Facebook will do more to fight 'the outrageous misinformation' about coronavirus vaccines being spread on its platform 'instead of taking it personally that somehow I'm saying Facebook is killing people.' Last week, Biden appeared to say just that: Asked outside the White House what his message was to platforms like Facebook regarding Covid disinformation, Biden said, 'They're killing people. I mean they really, look, the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated, and that's -- they're killing people,' Biden said Friday.

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