Facebook vs. the White House

<p>Is misinformation on Facebook an impediment to ending the pandemic?</p><p>President Biden even said that platforms like Facebook, by harboring skepticism about the shots, were killing people.</p><p>Facebook immediately rejected the criticism, but who is right?</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/cecilia-kang?smid=pc-thedaily">Cecilia Kang</a>, a correspondent covering technology and regulatory policy for The New York Times. </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Mr. Biden’s<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/us/politics/biden-facebook-social-media-covid.html"> blunt statement about Facebook</a> capped weeks of frustration in the White House over the spread of vaccine disinformation on social media.</li><li>In response, Facebook called on the administration to<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/17/technology/facebook-vaccine-misinformation.html"> stop “finger-pointing.”</a></li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>