Facebook refused to be used as a scapegoat as social media for spreading the COVID-19 vaccine scam. The statement also refuted US President Joe Biden’s allegations directed at Facebook.
In his blog post, Guy Rosen, Vice President of Facebook Integrity, explains that when the COVID-19 case escalates in the U.S., the government prefers to blame a handful of social media companies. Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg’s social media played an important role in the community regarding the outbreak.
"Actually, vaccine acceptance among Facebook users in the United States has increased. This is very different, unlike what the government has announced in recent days," Rosen wrote.
Facebook refutes Joe Biden’s allegations with a number of facts, in which they have worked with Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Maryland since April 2020. Conducted a survey with a total of more than 70 million respondents and more than 170,000 daily responses from 200 countries and territories.
The results have also been very good, where the skepticism of Uncle Sam’s countryman, who is a Facebook user, has dropped by 50% against the vaccine. Since January, Facebook user vaccine acceptance in the U.S. has increased from 70% to 85%.
Earlier, it was reported that the U.S. government criticized social media such as Facebook and the like, spreading lies about the COVID-19 vaccine. According to President Joe Biden, this platform kills people.
Facebook and other platforms, are considered not to be acting aggressively to combat misinformation about the Corona vaccine.
“They’ve designed features like the‘ Like ’button, which directs us to emotional content, not exact content,” said Vivek Murthy, U.S. Chief Surgeon.
“Their algorithms tend to give us more content that we click on, pulling us into it and deeper, into the wrong wells of information,” he added.
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