{"id":50064,"date":"2021-07-15T17:40:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T00:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=50064"},"modified":"2021-07-16T14:31:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T21:31:02","slug":"trump-world-freaks-out-over-jen-psaki-flagging-anti-vax-disinformation-on-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=50064","title":{"rendered":"Trump World Freaks Out Over Jen Psaki ‘Flagging’ Anti-Vax Disinformation on Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"

The curmudgeons of the Cult of Donald Trump continue to be obsessed with insuring that the American people preserve their freedom to die – and to kill others – due to their politically driven and mindless opposition to getting vaccinated. That perverse expression of pseudo-patriotism has already resulted in regional spikes of COVID-19 infections, hospitalization, and deaths, in Republican counties and states throughout the nation.<\/p>\n

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Consistent with that stubborn embrace of suicide-by-pandemic, the anti-vax brigades on social media have affixed themselves to a sentence fragment from Thursday’s White House press briefing. Press Secretary Jen Psaki was addressing the profusion of purposeful lies about the pandemic, and the vaccines that prevent it, that are being posted on Facebook and other social media platforms. She was highlighting the unprecedented finding by the Surgeon General<\/a><\/strong>, Vivek Murthy, that vaccine disinformation is a serious threat to public health. Her remarks included how the Biden administration is working to counter anti-vax propaganda, most of which is spread by a few dogged online hoaxters<\/a><\/strong>. She said in part that…<\/p>\n

“In terms of actions that we’re working to take from the federal government, we’ve increased disinformation research and tracking within the Surgeon General’s office. We’re flagging problematic posts for Facebook that spread disinformation. We’re working with doctors and medical professionals … to get trusted content out there.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And that…<\/p>\n

“Facebook needs to move more quickly to remove harmful, violative posts. Posts that would be within their policy for removal often would remain up for days. That’s too long. The information spreads too quickly.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Press sec. Psaki on surgeon general warning Americans about misinformation: "Facebook should provide, publicly and transparently, data on the reach of COVID vaccine misinformation\u2014not just engagement, but the reach of the misinformation." https:\/\/t.co\/eiLre16KqR<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/shM33v67Oy<\/a><\/p>\n

— ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) July 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n