Joe Biden – India Chron https://indiachron.com Sun, 18 Jul 2021 06:41:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://indiachron.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/favicon-4-150x150.png Joe Biden – India Chron https://indiachron.com 32 32 Facebook says, “It is not accountable for US failing to meet its vaccination goals” https://indiachron.com/technology/facebook-says-it-is-not-accountable-for-us-failing-to-meet-its-vaccination-goals/ Sun, 18 Jul 2021 06:41:21 +0000 https://indiachron.com/facebook-says-it-is-not-accountable-for-us-failing-to-meet-its-vaccination-goals Facebook on Saturday defended itself against U.S. president Joe Biden’s assertion that the social media platform is “killing people” by allowing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to proliferate, saying the facts tell a different story.

“The data shows that 85% of Facebook users in the US have been or want to be vaccinated against Covid-19,” Facebook said in a corporate blog post by Guy Rosen, a company vice president. “President Biden’s goal was for 70% of Americans to be vaccinated by July 4. Facebook is not the reason this goal was missed.”

Covid-19 misinformation has spread during the pandemic on social media sites including Facebook, Twitter, and Alphabet Inc-owned YouTube. Researchers and lawmakers have long accused Facebook of failing to police harmful content on its platforms.

The company has introduced rules against making specific false claims about Covid-19 and vaccines for it, and says it provides people with reliable information on these topics.

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