Yesterday, after Jen Psaki doubled down on the White House’s need to stay in contact with social media companies to help them root out “misinformation,” President Biden accused Facebook and other Big Tech of “killing people”:
Joe Biden’s message to platforms like Facebook regarding “misinformation”:
“They’re killing people.” pic.twitter.com/i8OCWcL9iw
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 16, 2021
After that, Facebook fired back:
JUST IN: @Facebook responds to Biden (“They’re killing people”) re: COVID misinformation: “The facts show Facebook is helping save lives. Period.”
Full statement here. pic.twitter.com/5bj7mwuI4J
— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) July 16, 2021
#Break: FACEBOOK responds to Biden’s “They’re killing people” remark >> pic.twitter.com/CIB8tPTwdr
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) July 16, 2021
FACEBOOK: “We will not be distracted by accusations which aren’t supported by the facts. The fact is that more than 2 billion people have viewed authoritative information about COVID-19 and vaccines on Facebook, which is more than any other place on the internet.” … (1/2)
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) July 16, 2021
… "More than 3.3 million Americans have also used our vaccine finder tool to find out where and how to get a vaccine. The facts show that Facebook is helping save lives. Period.” (2/2)
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) July 16, 2021
In sum:
+ The President of the United States has accused the world’s most powerful social media network of “killing people” by not doing enough to combat misinformation.
+ The company has responded by accusing the president of missing vaccine goals & passing the buck.
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) July 16, 2021
It’s somewhat ironic that after all the help Facebook and other social media outlets provided the Democrats (in the form of banning or suspending those accused of spreading narratives unhelpful to the Left — the NY Post’s suspension for publishing the factual Hunter Biden story for example) that the U.S. president still didn’t hesitate to accuse them of “killing people.”
Biden Arguing with Facebook is ironic considering Facebook and all other media platforms covered for him and carried him to the White House. Biden saying Facebook is killing people. Just incredible.
— Chad Payton (@ChadPayton) July 17, 2021
Oh the irony. #Facebook bans Trump while #Biden slams Facebook for killing people and #Psaki wants censorship.
— Mad Mike the Lib (@madlib2011) July 17, 2021
You can’t make this stuff up.
