Biden 軟化するs トン on Facebook, 勧めるs 活動/戦闘 on ワクチン misinformation

By Steve Holland and Nandita Bose

WASHINGTON, July 19 (Reuters) - U.S. 大統領 Joe Biden took a softer トン when talking about Facebook Inc on Monday, after 説 last week that the social マスコミ company was "殺人,大当り people" by 許すing the spread of misinformation about COVID-19 ワクチンs.

Biden told reporters on Monday he meant to 告発する/非難する a dozen 使用者s who spread the most 量 of misinformation on the social マスコミ 壇・綱領・公約, but not the company itself.

"Facebook isn´t 殺人,大当り people," he said. "These 12 people are out there giving misinformation. Anyone listening to it is getting 傷つける by it. It's 殺人,大当り people. It's bad (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状)."

He also said he hopes that Facebook does more to stop the spread of misinformation.

White House 圧力(をかける) 長官 Jen Psaki also tried to 明らかにする Biden's 発言/述べるs. "We are not in a war or a 戦う/戦い with Facebook, we're in a 戦う/戦い with the ウイルス," she said.

COVID-19 misinformation has spread during the pandemic on social マスコミ 場所/位置s 含むing Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet-owned YouTube. 研究員s and 国会議員s have long (刑事)被告 Facebook of failing to police harmful content on its 壇・綱領・公約s.

When asked on Friday about his message to Facebook and other social マスコミ 壇・綱領・公約s, Biden 答える/応じるd: "They're 殺人,大当り people. ... Look, the only pandemic we have is の中で the unvaccinated. And they're 殺人,大当り people."

Facebook 答える/応じるd はっきりと last week, 説 that 85% of its 使用者s were vaccinated or 手配中の,お尋ね者 to be. "大統領 Biden´s goal was for 70% of Americans to be vaccinated by July 4. Facebook is not the 推論する/理由 this goal was 行方不明になるd," Facebook said in a 法人組織の/企業の blog 地位,任命する by Guy Rosen, a company 副/悪徳行為 大統領,/社長.

The company has introduced 支配するs against making 明確な/細部 誤った (人命などを)奪う,主張するs about COVID-19 and ワクチンs to 妨げる the illness, and says it 供給するs people with reliable (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) on these topics. (報告(する)/憶測ing by Steve Holland and Nandita Bose; 令状ing by Diane Bartz; Editing by 法案 Berkrot and Paul Simao)

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