![]() The FTC said that Facebook since 2011 “has had monopoly power in the US with respect to personal social networking”. The complaint filed is a partially redacted version, which the FTC has requested must be under seal for 10 days. Thursday’s developments came as the Federal Trade Commission filed an amended complaint in federal court to continue pursuing its claims against Facebook, saying the online platform maintains monopoly power. The White House has also zeroed in on a clutch of accounts dubbed the “disinformation dozen” – Facebook accounts that have been shown to be responsible for the bulk of anti-vaccine misinformation on social media platforms. In July, Joe Biden said social media platforms like Facebook are “killing people” because of it. “I don’t think we should ban it.”įacebook has been accused of perpetuating and allowing misinformation about the pandemic and the vaccine to proliferate on its platform. ![]() “That’s not misinformation, but it’s certainly contributing to an environment where people are asking questions about the safety of vaccines,” he added. He attributed questions about which vaccine is safe, or which vaccine is effective to the “vaccine hesitancy” category, which he said is “a big part” of the whole conversation. ![]() “A lot of the stuff that’s actually the hardest for us to really address is not what I would call ‘misinformation’ but instead another category that I would call ‘hesitancy.’” “I think, to some degree, there are also different definitions that people have over what misinformation is,” he said. He said a lot of the misinformation conversation is really about “vaccine hesitancy” and that content should not be banned. He deflected the question to focus on so-called vaccine literacy, touting the platform’s vaccine finder tool that he said has prompted millions to take their first steps towards getting vaccinated. Zuckerberg said that Facebook has removed more than 18m posts containing misinformation from their website, but failed to answer when pressed by King on how many people viewed or shared these posts.
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