Reporter: "What's your message to platforms like Facebook?"

President Biden: "They're killing people." pic.twitter.com/jrAvQpG7i0

— The Hill (@thehill) July 16, 2021

I promise you my reflexive instinct is to fear and distrust any government speech regulation, but maybe take a beat and put things into perspective

— nilay patel (@reckless) July 16, 2021

Biden takes it to 11:

“They’re killing people,” he says of Facebook. https://t.co/7a4XSCk9wZ

— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) July 16, 2021

The President of the United States saying that a specific business — in this case, Facebook — is “killing people” is… you know… a big deal.

— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) July 16, 2021

Wow. Remarkable statement. So much tension between White House and Facebook right now. Heard from a source that WH incredibly frustrated after months of asking FB for data on vaccine misinfo that company, despite saying in public they want to work with WH, isn't sharing https://t.co/Pp7frsOwDP

— Cecilia Kang (@ceciliakang) July 16, 2021

Happy weekend Joel Kaplan. https://t.co/R7ksJZT9t3

— Roi Carthy (@Roi) July 16, 2021

Trump spent four years brandishing 230 reform as an overt threat to influence platform moderation and now everyone is biting on bad-faith GOP criticism of the White House trying to combat vaccine misinfo, please, I beg you, get smarter https://t.co/Y4hLRF0c7f

— nilay patel (@reckless) July 16, 2021

Steps @Facebook has taken are "clearly not" enough, says @PressSec. "It's clear there are more that can be taken."

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) July 16, 2021

Well over as year into the pandemic, and the President of the United States says that Covid misinfo on sites Facebook is killing people https://t.co/0HFqvO9j84

— Kurt Wagner (@KurtWagner8) July 16, 2021

little has changed since we wrote this: https://t.co/TpfPEymo4X
the same antivaxx groups we cited in this story are still full of activity. https://t.co/6qr6b6rvDJ

— Sarah Frier (@sarahfrier) July 16, 2021

Reporter: "What's your message to platforms like Facebook?"

President Biden: "They're killing people. The only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated and they’re killing people”

pic.twitter.com/VtqyFIfn5q

— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) July 16, 2021

tough week for fb! https://t.co/6PSyCdC0sA

— rat king (@MikeIsaac) July 16, 2021

Biden: Social media platforms spreading coronavirus misinformation are 'killing people' https://t.co/VTaYJVsIIT

— Nancy Sinatra (@NancySinatra) July 16, 2021

Biden says social media platforms spreading COVID misinformation are killing people. Hey Joe, the real mass killer is not social media platforms, it's FOX "NEWS". It's Tucker, Hannity, & Ingraham. It's also hate radio platforms such as Mark Levin. https://t.co/9bDTdHr1qf

— In Joe we trust! (@JohnLukeSam1) July 16, 2021

Biden: Social media platforms 'killing people' https://t.co/6NUIqxq907

— Roshan Rinaldi (@Roshan_Rinaldi) July 16, 2021

NEW Biden: Social media platforms spreading coronavirus misinformation are 'killing people'https://t.co/BboX1RhpcY

— AlexGangitano (@AlexGangitano) July 16, 2021

President Biden: Social media platforms are 'killing people' ?

In other news.

Silicon Valley Law firms spotted bulk buying champagnehttps://t.co/RCVrFytLwh

— Matt Navarra ??????? (@MattNavarra) July 16, 2021

White House says Facebook needs to do more to fight vaccine misinformation https://t.co/cxieDhxtNp

— CNBC (@CNBC) July 16, 2021

Biden on vaccine misinfo on platforms like Facebook: 'They're killing people' https://t.co/lnEltlITzg

— CNBC (@CNBC) July 16, 2021

Don't be surprised if people start getting arrested by the FBI for intentional harm or something like that for providing facts.https://t.co/6x0J7D4ZY8

— Jude ⚜Got Nukes⚜️ Trahan (@wooknponub) July 16, 2021

Interestingly, Facebook has shared some non-public data about the reach of some posts with the WH. But not enough, I’m told.

For some insight into why “reach” data matters read this from @kevinroose. https://t.co/b0sZULQwNr

— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) July 15, 2021

Anecdotally, I feel that vaccine misinformation on Facebook is also increasing this month in Ireland. It is so threatening to public health. https://t.co/XaOfM4DSW2

— Thomas Byrne (@ThomasByrneTD) July 15, 2021

A person familiar with meetings between Facebook and the WH described them as “tense.”

Major issue for WH is the amount of information Facebook is *not* sharing about who is seeing vaccine misinformation.

— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) July 15, 2021

NEW w/@kaitlancollins: White House officials are growing increasingly frustrated with Facebook’s response to vaccine misinformation.

Biden officials think Facebook is not "taking this very seriously, or they are hiding something.”https://t.co/kBZ25ZVAC9

— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) July 15, 2021

Some Biden officials believe Facebook is not taking vaccine misinformation "very seriously, or they are hiding something," due to what they view as the company's unwillingness to tackle the problem.

Facebook says they are working hard.https://t.co/kBZ25ZVAC9 pic.twitter.com/zCz1d2k4p4

— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) July 16, 2021