Ailan Evans
Tech Reporter
February 06, 2022 8:16 PM ET
The Biden administration has frequently urged social media and technology companies to censor users, stressing the perceived dangers of “misinformation.”
White House press secretary Jen Psaki drew criticism after she said Tuesday that Spotify and other social media companies need to be “doing more” to stop the spread of “mis- and disinformation” on their platforms, echoing calls made in July for Facebook to remove posts containing vaccine misinformation.
Psaki said in July that the White House was “flagging problematic posts for Facebook that spread disinformation,” urging social media platforms to “create a robust enforcement strategy that bridges their properties and provides transparency about the rules,” to take “faster action against harmful posts,” and to promote “quality information sources in their feed algorithm.”
Some of the most forceful comments directed toward perceived spreaders of vaccine misinformation came from former National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins, who implied incorrect claims regarding the vaccine should not be seen as protected speech.
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