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CNN Newsroom With Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell

>> president biden also walking back his claim on friday that facebook and other social media platforms are, quote, killing people by allowing covid misinformation. >> and facebook pushed back hard after the president accused it of killing people with this misinformation. today the president tried to clean up his comments while still urging facebook to crack down on the vaccine lies spread on the site. >> just pointed out that facebook, of all the misinformation, 60% of the misinformation came from 12 individuals. facebook isn't killing people, these 12 people are out there giving misinformation. anyone listening to it is getting hurt by it, is killing people. it's bad information. my hope is that facebook instead of taking it personally that somehow i'm saying facebook is killing people, that they would do something about the misinformation, the outrageous misinformation about the vaccine.

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CNN Newsroom With Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell

misinformation takes away our freedom and our power to make decisions for us and for our families, and that's a problem. and the platforms have to recognize that they've played a major role in the increase in speed and scale with which misinformation is spreading. >> facebook has bris tled at these allegations that they haven't been doing enough on coronavirus vaccine misinformation. in a statement to cnn the company said, quote, 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. the company followed that up with a blog post by a facebook executive on saturday slamming critics of the company for not doing enough on vaccine misinformation. let me read you a little snippet from that blog post. it said while social media plays an important role in society, it is clear that we need a whole of society approach to end this pandemic and facts, not

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CNN Newsroom With Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell

back his attack on facebook after saying the social media giant was killing people, but he is keeping up his demand to ststop the misinformation. limu emu... and doug. so then i said to him, you oughta customize your car insurance with liberty mutual, so you only pay for what you need. oh um, doug can we talk about something other than work, it's the weekend. yeah, yeah. [ squawk ] hot dog or... chicken? [ squawk ] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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CNN Newsroom With Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell

were concerned with other misinformation that they've heard online and what she really hopes people will do is if you have an actual question about how the vaccine works, go to a doctor, go to a pharmacist, a trusted medical professional to have them answer those questions for you because right now, alabama is having a hard time convincing the remaining population to get vaccinated, and unfortunately, people under 30 are among the least vaccinated in this state. alisyn and victor. >> go to a medical professional instead of your friends on facebook, the doctors have the accurate information. natasha chen for us there in alabama. thank you, let's bring in now a medical expert from rhode island there, dr. megan rain knee, an emergency physician at brown university, cofounder of getusp pp.org. let's start with a startling statement when i heard it from scott gottlieb, he says that the

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CNN Newsroom With Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell

allegations, should help inform that effort. the fact is that vaccine acceptance among facebook users in the u.s. has increased. of course, you know, you see the biden administration now, even though it's softening its rhetoric saying that's still not enough. facebook's efforts have not been enough at combatting the spread of vaccine misinformation, a problem that has plagued facebook going back years, not just having to do with the covid-19 vaccine. guys. >> but brian, those numbers that president biden gave are really striking. 60% of the misinformation is spread by 12 people? how hard can it be to crack down on those -- i mean, if that's true and they've identified those 12 people, why is it hard to crack down on them? >> yeah, so the 12 people that the president is referring to there is known as sometimes the disinformation dozen according to a report by a nonprofit watchdog group that looked at this issue. and obviously facebook has said, you know, it is willing to crack down on coronavirus vaccine misinformation, but it appears that, you know, in the case of

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Facebook Blocks Sharing of News Content in Australia


Facebook Blocks Sharing of News Content in Australia
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Facebook said that, in response to Australia’s proposed law to force internet platforms to pay for news content, it will no longer let publishers or users in the country share news content on its service.
Facebook’s decision means Australian publishers will not be able to share or post content on Facebook pages, while news content from non-Australian publishers will not be able to be viewed or shared by Australian users. In addition, users outside of Australia will not be able to view or share Australian news content on Facebook or content from Australian news pages.

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Facebook Launches Black Creator Accelerator Program 'We the Culture'


Facebook Launches Black Creator Accelerator Program 'We the Culture'
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Facebook has launched We the Culture, a new content initiative created and managed by a team of Black employees that is investing in and amplifying content from Black creators.
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The initiative also incorporates programming for Facebook Watch through partnerships with production companies focused on Black creatives, and among the first shows are “Chop It Up” with Storm Reid, “Asking for a Friend” with Vanessa Simmons, and “Mastery of Comedy” with Angela Yee.
We the Culture grew out of Facebook’s announcement last summer — following the murder of George Floyd — that it would invest $200 million to support Black-owned businesses and organizations, including $25 million earmarked for Black content creators.

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Instagram Bans Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Over Coronavirus Vaccine Misinformation, but His Facebook Page Is Still Up


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Instagram Bans Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Over Coronavirus Vaccine Misinformation, but His Facebook Page Is Still Up
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Facebook’s Instagram kicked notorious anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. off the platform for violations of its COVID-19 misinformation policy, but his Facebook account currently remains active.
“We removed this account for repeatedly sharing debunked claims about the coronavirus or vaccines,” a Facebook spokesperson said in a statement about Kennedy’s Instagram account. However, the company does not “at this time” plan to disable his account on Facebook, according to the rep, noting that users may post different content to different services.

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Simone Biles Docuseries Gets Greenlight at Facebook Watch Ahead of Tokyo Olympics


Simone Biles Docuseries Gets Greenlight at Facebook Watch Ahead of Tokyo Olympics
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Simone Biles, superstar gymnast and Olympic champion, will be the subject of a new Facebook Watch original series following her as she gets ready to compete in the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games — expected to be her last run at a medal.
“Simone vs Herself” is slated to premiere this summer, timed for the Tokyo Olympics (currently scheduled for July 23-Aug. 8, 2021). The show is produced by Religion of Sports, the sports media company co-founded by Tom Brady, Gotham Chopra and Michael Strahan.
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Facebook taking steps to crack down on COVID-19 vaccine misinformation


Facebook taking steps to crack down on COVID-19 vaccine misinformation
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After years of struggling to crack down on vaccine misinformation, Facebook is once again revising its policies to get tougher.
On Monday, the company announced several ways it plans to better combat vaccine misinformation, including making it harder to find accounts through searches on Facebook-owned Instagram that discourage people from getting vaccinated.
The announcement comes a day after CNN Business reported that Instagram continued to prominently feature anti-vaxxer accounts in its search results, while Facebook groups railing against vaccines remained easy to find. The findings raised concerns among public health experts, given the United States is in the midst of its largest vaccine rollout ever to address the coronavirus pandemic.

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