In July, after President Joe Biden said coronavirus misinformation on Facebook was “killing people,” an anonymous company official jawed back, saying Facebook would “not be distracted by accusations which aren’t supported by the facts.” But behind the scenes, Facebook employees were already beginning to reckon with a flood of false anti-vaccine claims on the platform.
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