Is COVID Misinformation Killing People? (with Facebook’s Nick Clegg)

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

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4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Andy talks with Nick Clegg, Facebook's Vice President of Global Affairs, about one of the most important issues out there: Facebook, social media, COVID-19 and misinformation. After President Biden said Facebook is "killing people" with COVID misinformation, Andy and Nick discuss what Facebook says its obligation is with regard to misinformation, what they're doing to combat it, and whether it’s enough.

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Here’s the latest on President Biden’s Facebook comments: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/19/biden-facebook-vaccine-misinformation-500148
Read Facebook’s response to the President’s initial comments: https://about.fb.com/news/2021/07/support-for-covid-19-vaccines-is-high-on-facebook-and-growing/
Check out this post from Nick about what Facebook is doing to combat COVID-19 misinformation: https://about.fb.com/news/2020/03/combating-covid-19-misinformation/
Read about Nick’s role in banning President Trump from Facebook: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/technology/facebook-trump-nick-clegg.html
Learn more about the study Jen Psaki cited in a recent White House press briefing: https://www.npr.org/2021/05/13/996570855/disinformation-dozen-test-facebooks-twitters-ability-to-curb-vaccine-hoaxes
Find a COVID-19 vaccine site near you: https://www.vaccines.gov/
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0:51.9	What's your message to platforms like Facebook?
1:01.5	To kill people.
1:02.5	I mean, it really, they're, look, the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated
1:08.6	and that's, and they're killing people.
1:11.1	Welcome to the bubble.
1:32.4	I'm your host, Andy Slavitt.
1:34.9	Well, Prenner's seat belt, can get the popcorn pops, dial in those earphones, just sit back.
1:43.6	Today's show is about misinformation and the perpetrators of it, and it features my
1:48.7	interview with Nick Klegg from Facebook.
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