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Biden: 'Killing people' remark was call for big tech to act

by Zeke MillerBarbara Ortutay
| July 19, 2021 11:27 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden tempered his assessment that social media giants are “killing people” by hosting misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines on their platforms, saying Monday that he hoped they would not take it “personally” and instead would act to save lives.

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