Seven months after calling out Facebook, Gomez doesn't think they've done anything to protect their users from the circulation of vaccine misinformation.
But now, seven months later, Gomez doesn't think the company has done anything to protect their users from the circulation of vaccine-related misinformation. On Wednesday , the"Lose You to Love Me" singer started a new Twitter thread by retweeting her initial post from December to remind everyone that"In December I asked @Facebook and @Instagram to take action on lies about COVID and vaccines.
She then cited a CCDHate in the next tweet in her thread, saying it"found that 12 people are behind 2 in 3 of all misinformation." After that, she tagged President Joe Biden to say"@Potus and @Surgeon_General have finally called for action by @Facebook.
. The president noted he doesn't think Facebook itself is directly responsible, but that the people at fault are"these 12 people who are out there giving misinformation – anyone listening to it is getting hurt by it.”See her latest tweets below:
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