Harry Sisson: Charlie Kirkās Breaking Point with Trump. What He Wonāt Say on Stage | DSH #1591
So even during the Trump administration, the first time they reached out to social media companies a number of times and said, hey, this X, Y piece of information about COVID or whatever it might be, we believe is harmful.
Harry Sisson: Charlie Kirkās Breaking Point with Trump. What He Wonāt Say on Stage | DSH #1591
I have no problem with the government reaching out and saying, hey, Facebook, Instagram, we just want to let you know that we have intel or we've gathered something that indicates that a lot of this misinformation is coming from your platform.
Harry Sisson: Charlie Kirkās Breaking Point with Trump. What He Wonāt Say on Stage | DSH #1591
I understand that, you know, especially as digital and the digital space grows, there's this like very fine line between, you know, what's the public sphere and what's not.
Harry Sisson: Charlie Kirkās Breaking Point with Trump. What He Wonāt Say on Stage | DSH #1591
I just can't help but think how much misinformation killed people during COVID, for example, that people believe that the vaccine was going to kill them or the vaccine is going to give them a terrible side effect.
Harry Sisson: Charlie Kirkās Breaking Point with Trump. What He Wonāt Say on Stage | DSH #1591
It hurts me as an American, somebody that cares about people, to think that so many people could have been saved if they, I don't know, didn't listen to their crazy uncle on Facebook.