"Not In Battle With Facebook": Joe Biden Backtracks On Covid Remark

US President Joe Biden had earlier said that social media misinformation about Covid-19 and vaccinations is "killing people".

US President Joe Biden on Monday toned down his comments about Facebook after accusing it of "killing people" by not stopping Covid vaccine misinformation, but he still urged the world's largest social network to do more. "We are not in a war or in a battle with Facebook, we are in a battle with the virus," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters. Her remarks followed the president's own comments essentially walking back his blunt outburst from Friday. "Facebook isn't killing people," Biden stressed in response to a reporter asking about the flap.