[Thread] The response to Biden from Facebook's VP of Integrity is a textbook example of bluster and obfuscation

Carl T. Bergstrom / @ct_bergstrom : Tweets: @ct_bergstrom , @ct_bergstrom , @benedictevans , @benedictevans , @terrellrussell , @badlhoch , and @sarthakgh Tweets: Carl T. Bergstrom / @ct_bergstrom : “We have also labeled and reduced the visibility of more than 167 million pieces of COVID-19 content debunked by our network of fact-checking partners.” Flipside: “We left up 167 million pieces of disinformation despite knowing they were false.” https://twitter.com/... Carl T. Bergstrom / @ct_bergstrom : @benedictevans To be clear, what I take issue with is their claim that Facebook is not a problem. What to do about it so much harder question. Fact checking every single post doesn't seem to be the right answer. We need structural changes. Benedict Evans / @benedictevans : Perhaps the real problem is that we spent 200 years working out how free speech works in different spheres and the answer is always ‘it depends’. We haven't worked out how we think about the kinds of speech that were created by the Internet and how they should be controlled Benedict Evans / @benedictevans : The presumption is if I tell my friends that vaccines are dangerous, Facebook should delete that. I'm not entirely sure we have a settled consensus that Facebook should be controlling speech like that 1/ https://twitter.com/... @terrellrussell : Short version - consider the source, they have exclusive information, and every incentive to spin this their way. Don't fall for it. Facebook is horrible. https://twitter.com/... Bob Adlhoch / @badlhoch : Always the one with the finger pointed at them that wants to “move past the finger pointing” https://twitter.com/... Sar Haribhakti / @sarthakgh : This critique assumes FB is obligated to do real time takedown of whatever wrong things I post about vaccines and anything short of that is “killing people” When did we get to a societal consensus that this is the level of power & responsibly we want to give to them? https://twitter.com/...

@ct_bergstrom 2021-07-19 Carl T. Bergstrom

Context & Ripple Effects

Facebook was already under pressure from Biden’s campaign to strengthen misinformation rules, while reporting on its COVID-19 policy tied its earlier threshold for removal to the spread of dangerous falsehoods. The current dispute turns on whether labeling and reducing distribution is an adequate answer when fact-checkers have identified content as false.

The criticism also lands against prior accounts of opaque reversals of fact-checking decisions, making Facebook’s aggregate enforcement figures a credibility issue rather than a standalone measure of action.

First-order effects

Facebook’s claim that it labeled and reduced visibility for more than 167 million fact-checked COVID-19 items is recast by Bergstrom as evidence that identified falsehoods remained available on the platform.
Biden’s existing criticism of Facebook gains a more specific point of contention: whether distribution limits, rather than removal, satisfy the company’s responsibility for COVID-19 misinformation.

Second-order effects

Facebook’s fact-checking partners face greater scrutiny over what happens after a verdict, especially given earlier reports of limited transparency around moderation overrides.
The dispute puts pressure on Facebook to distinguish clearly between labels, reduced visibility, and takedowns; without that distinction, its enforcement totals invite competing interpretations.

Third-order effects

If political and public criticism continues to focus on reach rather than takedown counts, platform accountability will increasingly be judged by the distribution controls applied after content is identified as false.
The episode reinforces a broader shift from treating moderation as an individual-post decision to treating ranking and visibility as the central governance mechanism.

The trend: Content-moderation accountability is shifting toward whether platforms suppress the reach of known falsehoods, not simply whether they attach labels or report enforcement totals.

Discussion

@ct_bergstrom Carl T. Bergstrom on x
“We have also labeled and reduced the visibility of more than 167 million pieces of COVID-19 content debunked by our network of fact-checking partners.” Flipside: “We left up 167 million pieces of disinformation despite knowing they were false.” https://twitter.com/...
@ct_bergstrom Carl T. Bergstrom on x
@benedictevans To be clear, what I take issue with is their claim that Facebook is not a problem. What to do about it so much harder question. Fact checking every single post doesn't seem to be the right answer. We need structural changes.
@benedictevans Benedict Evans on x
Perhaps the real problem is that we spent 200 years working out how free speech works in different spheres and the answer is always ‘it depends’. We haven't worked out how we think about the kinds of speech that were created by the Internet and how they should be controlled
@benedictevans Benedict Evans on x
The presumption is if I tell my friends that vaccines are dangerous, Facebook should delete that. I'm not entirely sure we have a settled consensus that Facebook should be controlling speech like that 1/ https://twitter.com/...
@terrellrussell @terrellrussell on x
Short version - consider the source, they have exclusive information, and every incentive to spin this their way. Don't fall for it. Facebook is horrible. https://twitter.com/...
@badlhoch Bob Adlhoch on x
Always the one with the finger pointed at them that wants to “move past the finger pointing” https://twitter.com/...
@sarthakgh Sar Haribhakti on x
This critique assumes FB is obligated to do real time takedown of whatever wrong things I post about vaccines and anything short of that is “killing people” When did we get to a societal consensus that this is the level of power & responsibly we want to give to them? https://twit…
@ct_bergstrom Carl T. Bergstrom on x
This a big part of why social media is such a powerful medium for disseminating propaganda. When you drop leaflets from a plane, everyone knows it's propaganda. When Uncle Rick shares a story he read somewhere, it's much less clear what you are looking at.
@ct_bergstrom Carl T. Bergstrom on x
The fact that the fraction of facebook users who express positive attitudes toward vaccination is larger than the fraction of Americans who have actually been vaccinated—this tells us nothing about the direction of facebook's impact on vaccination.
@ct_bergstrom Carl T. Bergstrom on x
Finally, when your “Vice President for Integrity” is so adept at packing misdirection, agnatogenesis, deceit, and all-around weaselry into so short a document, you've got big problems with your corporate culture. https://twitter.com/...
@ct_bergstrom Carl T. Bergstrom on x
“Vaccine acceptance among Facebook users in the US has increased.” This is a red herring, given that vaccine acceptance among everyone in the US has increased—dramatically. Look at the decline in those truly hesitant: the “wait and see” group. Source: https://www.kff.org/... http…
@ct_bergstrom Carl T. Bergstrom on x
“Facebook is not the reason this goal was missed.” This is pure slight of hand. First, they're comparing a survey result with a behavioral response; that's apples and oranges. Second, to evaluate the highlighted claim below, we need to consider a counterfactual. https://twitter.c…
@ct_bergstrom Carl T. Bergstrom on x
“Hearing from a friend is more persuasive.” Can they really not see that this cuts both ways? If hearing from a friend that they were vaccinated helps more than exhortations of a remote agency, seeing a friend post antivax propaganda hurts more than finding it via google etc. htt…
@ct_bergstrom Carl T. Bergstrom on x
“Facts, not allegations.” It would be nice to be able to rely on facts. Unfortunately, Facebook has exclusive access to the data we need to know what the facts are, and is not forthcoming with those facts. See e.g. the ongoing CrowdTangle debacle. https://www.nytimes.com/... http…
@melissaryan Melissa Ryan on x
Biden clearly struck a nerve over at Facebook. We're on day two of their attempt at crisis comms. https://twitter.com/...
@noupside Renee DiResta on x
🧵The last 48 hours on here have been all about The Vaccine Discourse. Is FB killing people? Is the govt passing the buck? Who even can tell what IS misinformation, and who watches the watchmen, anyway? I've spent ~7 years watching the AV movement evolve online and have thoughts
@rflaherty46 Rob Flaherty on x
I guess I'm left with a simple question: How many people have seen COVID vaccine misinformation on Facebook? https://twitter.com/...
@sachabaroncohen Sacha Baron Cohen on x
The President is right—Facebook is killing people. CEOs have been jailed for less. But under US law, social media CEOs have near total immunity, which is insane. Change the law. Hold Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook accountable for the death they cause. #StopDeathForProfit https://tw…
@juddlegum Judd Legum on x
Guys, 2 BILLION PEOPLE have viewed accurate information about vaccines on Facebook and A SECRET NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT FACEBOOK KNOWS BUT WILL NOT DISCLOSE have viewed misinformation about vaccines on Facebook Let's stick to the FACTS and leave Facebook alone
@brendannyhan Brendan Nyhan on x
The White House/Facebook debate over vaccine misinformation is incredibly frustrating and full of implicit false binaries. All of the following can be true: 🧵
@juddlegum Judd Legum on x
Facebook sticking to their strategy of selectively releasing proprietary data — without providing the necessary context for anyone to evaluates its claims — and pretending it's transparency https://twitter.com/...
@brianstelter Brian Stelter on x
Multiple Facebook execs have been invited to come on @ReliableSources tomorrow. So far no one has agreed. https://twitter.com/...
@ct_bergstrom Carl T. Bergstrom on x
Facebook concludes by asking to be praised for putting bandaid on the gaping wound they created. Don't fall for it. https://twitter.com/...
@brianschatz Brian Schatz on x
Delete the misinformation accounts. You have a perfect legal right to do so but you have made a choice to allow them to continue to spread lethal lies. https://twitter.com/...
@bostonjoan Joan Donovan on x
Reporters should press FB to release the data on how many people engaged with, clicked, liked, shared, or dwelled on the 18 million pieces of misinformation they took down. Reminds me of @d1gi's excellent data grab of Russian disinfo in 2016, before FB deleted it. https://twitter…
@brandonlive Brandon Paddock on x
It's technically a reduction in vaccine hesitancy if it becomes vaccine hostility, right? https://twitter.com/...
@rmac18 Ryan Mac🙃 on x
It's interesting watching which exec names Facebook puts on blog posts its comms team deem too hot for Zuckerberg https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@katestarbird Kate Starbird on x
Super-informative thread for how the anti-vax community leveraged social media to grow. One comment. Yes, FB has improved. But the AV disinfo has now taken root in the networks & algorithms (& ideologies). Actions by FB needs to address the structural effects of these efforts. ht…
@noupside Renee DiResta on x
Media wouldn't cover them but SOCIAL media is an excellent tool for networked activism and they could get themselves amplified. Platforms want to allow free expression; no one wants to tell people they can't express a political opinion.
@repkenbuck Rep. Ken Buck on x
Facebook censored accurate stories about Hunter Biden's sketchy activities and the origins of COVID-19. They de-platformed the sitting President while allowing CCP propaganda and human smugglers on their platform. We have to break up Big Tech now.
@raysteelertv6 Ray Steele on x
If Facebook would release their raw data, independent people would be able to verify it. They won't, though. https://twitter.com/...
@richarddeitsch Richard Deitsch on x
You can listen to ghost-of-Roger Ailes-paid bloviators — and millions sadly do. Or you can listen to experts on how actors leverage the information ecosystem to exert influence. Might as well do my tiny part to pass along those. Godspeed. https://twitter.com/...
@teri_kanefield Teri Kanefield on x
Interesting response, which amounts to: “But look at how many people we didn't kill.” https://twitter.com/...
@ct_bergstrom Carl T. Bergstrom on x
3. Q: Where does a company find a VP of Integrity, anyway? A: You hire the cofounder and CEO of the spyware company (masquerading as a privacy-promoting service) that you acquired and used to collect information on competitors until you were exposed. https://news.ycombinator.com/…
@rvawonk Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D on x
“Some people are still getting vaccinated” does not refute Facebook's impact among those who are not vaccinated. They're not even addressing the problem in their response; they're redirecting entirely.
@steveschmidtses Steve Schmidt on x
and insanity that has played an outsized role in both the poisoning of American democracy and the spread of Covid misinformation that has killed hundreds of thousands unnecessarily. But for @FoxNews and the malignancy of their propaganda, Facebook would be peerless.
@brendannyhan Brendan Nyhan on x
None of this is to say that Facebook can't do better at combating vaccine misinformation. They should; every bit helps! They should also be more transparent. But evidence suggests the company is neither the principal cause of nor the primary solution to our vaccine problems.
@sentedcruz Senator Ted Cruz on x
Twitter is not the government. Facebook is not the government. And yet, Joe Biden is trying to use #BigTech as a government power to silence the American people. https://twitter.com/...
@jbenton Joshua Benton on x
Has there ever been a case where “Let's move past the finger pointing” was not a synonym for “Please stop correctly blaming me”? https://about.fb.com/...
@carolecadwalla Carole Cadwalladr on x
@andymstone @jason_kint Imagine having a senior position in corporate comms for a multi-billion $ global company that the President of the United States has just accused of killing people & thinking that's in any way an appropriate response?
@datadrivenmd Jorge A. Caballero on x
This is a great thread but misses key tie-ins to other mis/dis-information campaigns: 🔸anti-vax movement ↔️ disproven claims of election fraud 🔸anti-vax message amplification ↔️ Russia and China cyber influence IOW: misinfo/disinfo isn't a new beat, it's a natsec/cyber subtype ht…
@jesselehrich Jesse Lehrich on x
FB legit made up new rules to avoid punishing Trump for destroying democracy but Biden is like “vaccine disinfo is bad” & they go nuclear 😂 “how dare you attack an American social media company!?!?”
@housegop House Republicans on x
Facebook is letting the White House dictate what is acceptable. Let that sink in. https://www.washingtontimes.com/ ...
@evelyndouek Evelyn Douek on x
Amazon and YouTube just loving this *whistling away in the corner looking nervous* https://twitter.com/...
@juddlegum Judd Legum on x
Specifically, they know how many people have viewed vaccine misinformation on Facebook and they are not releasing it. Their refusal to do so gives you some insight into what those numbers show.
@brendannyhan Brendan Nyhan on x
Role of online misinfo in creating vaccine hesitancy is overstated: -Exposure levels to vaccine-skeptical info online are low https://www.sciencedirect.com/ ... -Hesitancy long predates social media / Internet -Vaccine exemptions track more closely with state laws https://www.nyt…
@noupside Renee DiResta on x
These were important and critical policy interventions and they did address some of what SG Murthy & Pres. Biden are saying: people ARE getting bad information on social platforms, and for many many years social media recommended people into the groups, amplified the wild claims.
@rvawonk Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D on x
This is such a dishonest response and I am 100% certain Facebook knows that. https://twitter.com/...
@sruhle Stephanie Ruhle on x
Really Facebook? This is your strategy? https://twitter.com/...
@mollyjongfast Molly Jong-Fast on x
Facebook is the Exxon of social media https://twitter.com/...
@brendannyhan Brendan Nyhan on x
Exposure to misinformation can affect vaccine intention https://www.nature.com/.... The same is likely to be true on Facebook at least to some extent and the lack of transparency from the company on the reach of vaccine misinfo makes it impossible to assess the scope of the probl…
@juddlegum Judd Legum on x
The idea that Canada's success reflects on Facebook is particularly silly. Brazil has a massive Facebook user base. Does Facebook want to take credit for Brazil's vaccine program too?
@brendannyhan Brendan Nyhan on x
Effect of exposure to dubious anti-vaccine claims on Facebook is likely to be smaller than critics assume both in terms of reach & effects as with so-called “fake news” https://gen.medium.com/.... I'm more concerned about cues from GOP, Fox, etc & state laws banning vaccine manda…
@karaswisher Kara Swisher on x
It would be interesting to understand why Facebook did not have such a firm response to Trump, given how often he attacked social media: Moving Past the Finger Pointing - About Facebook https://about.fb.com/...
@lancegooden Lance Gooden on x
The Biden Administration is working with Facebook to censor and ban ‘misinformation.’ In other words, they are working to violate the First Amendment rights of the American people.
@rwmalonemd Robert W Malone on x
@politico My problem is that they define “misinformation” to include valid scientific discussion and debate which does not comport with “official” WHO or HHS interpretations. And “Who you gunna trust” at this point? Facebook? CDC? WHO? Reuters non-scientist fact checkers?
@ct_bergstrom Carl T. Bergstrom on x
“Lots of people viewed true information on facebook.” Lots of people viewed disinformation, too Without knowing how many we can't possibly work out the balance sheet to know whether facebook helped or hurt. Problem is, only facebook has that information. https://twitter.com/...
@steveschmidtses Steve Schmidt on x
The two behemoths function together, officially uncoordinated, yet perfectly harmonized in spreading the siren song of craziness that has done more damage to the fabric of this country, than any two companies in modern American history.
@timcast Tim Pool on x
With the admission that the Biden admin is colluding with Facebook to censor people the “But muh private business” argument is over
@evan_greer Evan Greer on x
@BostonJoan @d1gi Genuinely asking: let's say we did know the answer to this. What would we do with that information? How would it actually inform our ability to craft policies that address this harm without causing even more harm?
@noupside Renee DiResta on x
Facebook eventually decided it was time to crack down in 2019, a year of two major measles outbreaks, one in which ~87 kids died. And to their credit, they removed the Groups from the recommendation engine, made the Pages harder to find, and stopped accepting $ for ads.
@authorkimberley Kimberley Johnson on x
Facebook is basically an arm of the Kremlin. And Biden is correct, @Facebook is killing people. https://twitter.com/...
@evan_greer Evan Greer on x
@BostonJoan @d1gi It just feels like at this point there is a whole industry built around reports and news stories that say “look at this terrible thing Facebook did or didn't do” that are easily co-optable by partisan pundits and authoritarians and I don't see how they bring us …
@draditinerurkar @draditinerurkar on x
Misinformation about the Covid vaccines runs wild on Facebook. It's time to call it like it is: a public health threat. We need to have a serious discussion about holding actors like Facebook accountable for allowing misinformation to spread like wildfire. It's killing people.
@brianstelter Brian Stelter on x
Thread of the day >>> https://twitter.com/...
@kenvogel Kenneth P. Vogel on x
If you thought @ceciliakang would be relaxing after releasing “An Ugly Truth,” the must-read book she & @sheeraf just dropped on @Facebook, then you don't know Cecilia. Here's her day story on rising tensions between @Facebook & the BIDEN administration. https://www.nytimes.com/.…
@jrubinblogger Jennifer ‘pro-voting’ Rubin on x
two bipartisan issues : Facebook and China - both are a menace https://www.nytimes.com/...
@pinboard @pinboard on x
Sensational thread on misinformation by someone always worth listening to on this topic https://twitter.com/...
@lidskylidsky Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky on x
Better ?s: How many people see but DON'T believe? How many believe, but only because they sought out confirmation of their intuition? How much info has been condemned as false that turned out to be true, suggesting our fallibility in applying the imprecise term “misinfo”? https:/…
@maya_sen Maya Sen on x
Is there any question at this point that Facebook is a net bad for society? https://twitter.com/...
@babydocanita Anita Henderson on x
Pediatricians have dealt with antivaxxers for years. This thread explains how and why this has become mainstream and what we can and must do to combat the deliberate assault on vaccines and public health @MSAAP1 @MSMA1 @TCBPubHealth @msdh @MSFamilyDocs @WCUCOMDO @LAWoodwardMD htt…
@mjaeckel MarleneJ on x
An incredibly informative thread to learn why and how anti-vaccine propaganda, medical disinformation, and pseudoscience have become a significant public health threat. Social media platforms played no small part. https://twitter.com/...
@datadrivenmd Jorge A. Caballero on x
@PeterHotez is the expert on the tactics used by the anti-vax movement online and offline. Everything else is second hand information. Period. Full stop. https://twitter.com/...
@nicoleperlroth Nicole Perlroth on x
This is a nuanced must read thread on the latest White House-Facebook back and forth on whether the company is “killing people.” I would add this 2018 NIH research on how Russian bots and trolls helped legitimize anti-vax fears on Twitter. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ ... https:…
@davechensky David Chen on x
Thread: Don't let Facebook convince you that they're not at least partially responsible for the rise of anti-vaxx nonsense https://twitter.com/...
@rothschildmd Mike Rothschild on x
This thread is as right on as you're ever going to get about vaccination, health freedom conspiracy theories, and social media. https://twitter.com/...
@badastronomer Phil Plait on x
The anti-vax movement has been killing people for years. Together with partisan weaponization and overlap with QAnon it's now center stage during a pandemic and has never been more dangerous. https://twitter.com/...
@brandyzadrozny Brandy Zadrozny on x
Few people know more about the way anti-vaxx organized online over the last decade. For a very good up-to-speed: https://twitter.com/...
@mariachong Maria Chong on x
Great thread from someone who has been studying both online misinformation and the anti-vax movement for years. https://twitter.com/...
@moonalice Roger McNamee on x
A short and essential thread from @noUpside, who has been studying online antivax conspiracy theories from way back ... https://twitter.com/...
@stefanie2000 StefanieFriedhoff on x
Researchers: We need algorithm audits & transparency on the key infrastructure that shapes which information people see, and how people are drawn in to share info & come back for more. Facebook: We did remove & label some posts! Thanks for this thread @CT_Bergstrom https://twitte…
@mmasnick Mike Masnick on x
I get the thinking behind a tweet like this (though I'm uncomfortable with the 1st sentence appearing as an imperative from a govt official), but the issue that is ignored is this is *way* easier said than done. https://twitter.com/...
@karaswisher Kara Swisher on x
What Joan says https://twitter.com/...
@dylanbyers Dylan Byers on x
FACEBOOK official: “In private exchanges the Surgeon General has praised our work, including our efforts to inform people about COVID-19. They knew what they were doing. The White House is looking for scapegoats for missing their vaccine goals.”
@lam_barrett Lindsey Barrett on x
self-important exhortations that critics abandon “finger pointing” are the resort of those with no better argument than “criticizing me is inherently bad and *that's* what we should focus on [instead of conduct I can't plausibly defend on the merits].” grow up! https://twitter.co…
@marietjeschaake Marietje Schaake on x
US Government vs Facebook is heating up: White House Director of Digital Strategy asks Facebook what so many have sought independent research of ↘️ https://twitter.com/...
@matvelloso Mat Velloso on x
“Let's move past finger pointing, so everyone can stop pointing at us” https://twitter.com/...
@sheeraf Sheera Frenkel on x
Renee is the one to listen to on this. She was following and tracing anti-vaccine movements online long before the rest of us became aware of their growth and tactics. https://twitter.com/...
@sheeraf Sheera Frenkel on x
It would be more interesting and pertinent to this discussion to see how many people saw Covid vaccine misinformation. Especially given what @kevinroose just wrote about efforts by Facebook to hurt @crowdtangle, one of the only tools journalists have to measure and track misinfo.…
@karaswisher Kara Swisher on x
This is a perfectly reasonable blog post by @guyro & good to know, but 1. Would be great if it provided more details about misinformation 2. All due respect and love his title, but this prolly should have been penned by Mark or Sheryl. I'm sure there was a long debate about it. h…
@caulfieldtim Timothy Caulfield on x
This kind of analysis demos the TOP DOWN (prominent individuals pushing BS) and BOTTOM UP (people sharing on social media) nature of the #infodemic. “Majority of #Covid #misinformation came from 12 people, report” https://www.theguardian.com/ ... by @salamdogmillion #ScienceUpFir…
@bryanrbeal Bryan Beal on x
Facebook coming out swinging https://about.fb.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@ceciliakang Cecilia Kang on x
NEW: Over weekend, tensions escalate as Facebook accuses Biden admin of scapegoating. Biden admin says they are ducking on key efforts around vaccine misinformation. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@matthewstoller Matt Stoller on x
Should be fairly obvious that Facebook is deeply hostile to Democrats. Doesn't make the Hunter Biden censorship or Trump deplatforming untrue, but allegations that Zuckerberg is aligned with the Dems should bring forth a chuckle. https://about.fb.com/...
@rmac18 Ryan Mac🙃 on x
The guy who has total equity control and decision making power has time to post surfing photos, but doesn't want to confront the president.
@pinboard @pinboard on x
If you agree with me that propagating news through social networks and feeding user behavior back into automated recommendations engines is irredeemably harmful, then ban or regulate those. Personalizing it as Zuckerberg being some kind of malevolent supervillain is preposterous.
@pinboard @pinboard on x
This view that misinformation is inflicted on an unwilling and innocent public is starting to grind my gears. The demand is driven by people hungry for more and more of it. Mark Zuckerberg is not responsible for the human condition, and linear algebra didn't radicalize your aunt
@pinboard @pinboard on x
The law he is presumably referring to is Section 230, which keeps owners of online forums from being liable for what participants post. This law allows small websites like mine to exist. Without it, we would only have the tech giants, who can afford massive legal departments. htt…
@moonalice Roger McNamee on x
Epic thread dissects FB's response to criticism by @POTUS. https://twitter.com/...
@profgalloway Scott Galloway on x
Would @Facebook ever accuse President Xi Jinping of “looking for scapegoats”
@steveschmidtses Steve Schmidt on x
Only in Silicon Valley would this dreck be released by an employee ludicrously titled as the “Vice President of Integrity”. It proves definitively that all the money in the world can't buy Zuckerberg or Sandberg self awareness. Facebook is a veritable Chernobyl of misinformation …
@the12fthofnever RiverRising on x
CCDH reports the ‘disinformation dozen’ have a combined following of 59 million people across multiple social media platforms, with Facebook having the largest impact. 95% of the Covid misinformation reported on social media platforms was not removed. https://www.theguardian.com/…
@govhowarddean Howard Dean on x
Written by the VP for integrity. Even George Orwell Couldn't make this up. https://twitter.com/...
@steveschmidtses Steve Schmidt on x
The release came from, LOL, the Vice President of Integrity. I think the cigarette companies should name Vice Presidents for healthy lungs and clean air. https://twitter.com/...
@sivavaid Dr. Siva Vaidhyanathan on x
Carl dissects the Facebook duplicity over its vaccine disinformation problem. The FB response itself is an example of masterful disinformation. As usual, FB management is making the problem worse by being dishonest. https://twitter.com/...

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