Jul 19, 2021 10:31:00

President Biden said, 'SNS is spreading false information about vaccines and killing people,' Facebook argued that 'responsibility for vaccine policy failure'

President Joe Biden told reporters on July 16, 2021 that 'social media platforms are killing people with false information about the new coronavirus infection,' SNS misinformation measures are unsuccessful I accused him of being enough. Facebook argues that it is 'not a fact, but rather a reduction in vaccine evasion.'

Moving Past the Finger Pointing --About Facebook

https://about.fb.com/news/2021/07/support-for-covid-19-vaccines-is-high-on-facebook-and-growing/

Facebook refutes Biden claim that it's'killing people' with vaccine misinformation
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/17/facebook-refutes-biden-claim-that-its-killing-people-with-vaccine-misinformation.html

Biden says platforms like Facebook are 'killing people' with Covid misinformation --CNNPolitics
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/16/politics/biden-facebook-covid-19/index.html

Bibeck Mercy, Surgeon General Manager under the Byden administration, told social media and the press at a press conference on July 15, 2021, saying, 'Take major steps to combat false information about vaccination.' I called attention to it. In addition, Presidential spokesman Jen Psaki said, ' Only about 12 people post 65% of false information about vaccines on SNS, and SNS has deleted those posts, but Facebook's response is It's not enough, 'he criticized Facebook by name.

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In addition, President Biden told reporters when asked about what social media should be, 'a pandemic is prevalent among unvaccinated people, which means that social media is killing people.' I criticized it with very strong words.

In response to these criticisms of SNS, Facebook Vice President of Intelligence Guy Rosen said, 'As a result of a survey conducted jointly with Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Maryland since April 2020, among Facebook users in the United States We know that the hesitation of vaccines has been reduced by 50% and that vaccines are being accepted day by day, 'he said, arguing that the White House criticism was not true.

Below is the percentage of American Facebook users who said they were 'vaccinated' or 'will be vaccinated when they are available.' The percentage of people who are active in vaccination has increased by about 15 percentage points in half a year, from 70% in January 2021 to 85% in July.

'It's not Facebook users' fault that President Biden wasn't able to reach his goal of'vaccinating 70% of Americans by July 4',' Rosen said. He also pointed out that the vaccination rate is over 70% in the United Kingdom and Canada, where Facebook usage is high as in the United States, and reiterated that 'American results have factors other than Facebook. I suggest. '

'The White House is looking for a scapegoat that has failed to meet its vaccination rate target,' a Facebook insider told CNN, a major US press, on condition of anonymity. talked.