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Taylor greene both suspended from social media for covid misinformation. that's 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 any meaningful way to shut down that misinformation? >> they've been trying, obviously. it's a flood...

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 we've seen being used by full-on hate actors. but it's 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 g...

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? >> they've been trying, obviously. it's a flood that you can't even believe what happens in terms of how much is uploaded every day to each of these systems, billions and billions of...

I think the vaccine hesitation is very nuanced and there are many reasons why people haven't gotten it, but i've heard everything from, i just wasn't that scared of it, to i meant to get it but i just didn't, 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 you're interviewing people in mississippi who have bought this information? do you try to present the facts to the...