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Know, sort of bad players with bad intent like rand paul or marjorie taylor greene who keep getting kicked off finally because they keep putting up misinformation. but theres no incentive not to do so until you get kicked off, essentially. >> so rand paul, lets talk about him, saying some masks dont work on youtube. representative marjorie taylor greene says vaccines were failing and ineffective in reducing virus spread on twitter. and the punishment was a weeks suspension. i mean, what is that?...

They enjoy creating trouble and they enjoy getting kicked off in some weird way. >> because they can fund-raise over it. and the base is like rah, rah, rah, good for you. >> and then go over and get her. i was noticing greene was having a fit on getter. im on getter right now. i want to see whats going on over there. but its still not as impactful as twitter, as you can see donald trump was unhappy about getting kicked off. but probably marjorie taylor greene will be permanently removed would be...

>> they clearly exploit hateful narratives that weve seen being used by full-on hate actors. but its also medical misinformation that might persuade people that the way to solve this crisis is not through vaccination and through following public health guidance but instead to somehow restrict immigration. >> reporter: we reached out to the offices of the politicians who used the issue of migrants with covid in their fundraising, including florida governor desantis who is seen as a potential cand...

Does help people who want to push misinformation out the way its built, as weve talked about many times before. and especially if theres, you know, sort of bad players with bad intent like rand paul or marjorie taylor greene who keep getting kicked off finally because they keep putting up misinformation. theres no incentive not to do so until you get kicked off, essentially. >> rand paul saying some masks dont work on youtube, representative marjorie taylor greene says vaccines were failing and ...

Essentially. and its all leading to someday youre going to get kicked off if you keep misbehaving like that, theyll take a record of it. i suspect both of them get kicked off at some point because they enjoy creating trouble and enjoy getting kicked off. >> they fund raise over it. >> i was noticing that greene was having a fit. donald trump was unhappy about getting kicked off of twitter. probably marjorie taylor greene would be permanently removed. >> i cant believe youre torturing yourself wi...

Taylor greene both suspended from social media for covid misinformation. thats as a battle between the white house and facebook is heath up. joining me, kara swisher, host of "the sway" podcast and "new york times" columnist. i had the recent pleasure of being on her podcast and i enjoyed it. thank you, good to see you. >> good to see you, don. >> covid is raging again and social media remains awash with disinformation. >> yes. >> have facebook or the other tech giants stepped up their game in a...

Bottom line, demonizing migrants is an ugly old habit that could distract attention from what really needs to be done to get covid under control. >> they clearly exploit hateful narratives that weve seen being used by full-on hate actors. but its also medical misinformation that might persuade people that the way to solve this crisis is not through vaccination and through following public health guidance but instead to somehow restrict immigration. >> reporter: we reached out to the offices of t...

Host of the "sway" podcast and a contributing writer for the "new york times." opinions -- i had the recent pleasure of being on her podcast. and i enjoyed it. thank you, good to see you. >> good to see you, don. >> covid is raging again and social media remains awash with disinformation. >> yes. >> have facebook or the other tech giants stepped up their game in any meaningful way to shut down that misinformation? >> theyve been trying, obviously. its a flood that you cant even believe what happ...

I think the vaccine hesitation is very nuanced and there are many reasons why people havent gotten it, but ive heard everything from, i just wasnt that scared of it, to i meant to get it but i just didnt, or delta really scared me or i thought i would be able to fight it off. so, you know, reasons are varied, as varied as the people are. >> i do hear all of you, in one way or another, bringing up misinformation, people telling tall tales and lies. how do you feel, keisha, when youre interviewing...