Selena Gomez tears up Facebook about distributing inaccurate coronavirus information and says the site “will be responsible for thousands of deaths” if they don’t act
Selena Gomez criticized Facebook for reports that it spread false information about the coronavirus, which she says has deadly consequences.
The 28-year-old singer shared a link to a clip from a BBC segment with Imi Ahmed, the CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a London non-profit organization.
In it, Ahmed said that social media companies have done “absolutely nothing” to prevent the spread of false information about vaccines and other aspects of the pandemic, citing experiences they have carried out.
The most recent: Selena Gomez, 28, criticized Facebook for reports that they spread false information about the coronavirus, which she says has deadly consequences
Gomez responded to the segment in a tweet on Tuesday, saying: ‘Scientific misinformation has cost and will cost lives. @Facebook said it does not allow lies about COVID and vaccines to spread across its platforms.
– So how is all this still happening? Facebook will be responsible for thousands of deaths if they don’t act now! ‘
It is the second time in less than a month that Gomez has publicly questioned the sites following a report (CCDH) that neo-Nazis were able to conduct trade through both sites.
She said: ‘I am speechless. @Facebook @Instagram how are you tolerating this hate? There are still accounts there, even though you have been notified !! ‘
The singer shared a link to a clip from a BBC segment featuring Imi Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a non-profit organization in London
Gomez was protected by a mask as she was seen earlier this month in New York
A Facebook representative told ET that he ‘removed content that violates our policies that prohibit dangerous organizations.
“We are working regularly to improve our technology to find and remove this content more quickly, and while there is more work to do, we are making progress,” said the representative. “We banned more than 250 white supremacist organizations from Facebook and Instagram and removed content that praises, supports or represents these groups whenever we find it.”
The organization continued: ‘Between July and September, we removed four million pieces of content linked to Facebook’s organized hatred, more than 97% of which we found before being reported.’
Focused: The star was photographed in February in LA, about a month before the blockade
Gomez in September took Instagram Stories by sharing a DM she had previously sent to Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook regarding problematic aspects of social media sites
Gomez in September took Instagram Stories by sharing a DM she had previously sent to Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg regarding problematic aspects of social media sites.
“Facebook and Instagram are being used to spread hate, misinformation, racism and intolerance,” wrote Gomez. ‘I’m calling you two to HELP STOP THIS. End groups and users focused on spreading, hate speech violence and misinformation. Our future depends on it. ‘
On Tuesday, globally, 1,789,908 people died amid more than 81,997,042 positive diagnoses worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. The total number of COVID-19 deaths in the USA was 338,561 people, with 19,556,927 positive diagnoses in total.