Surgeon General Seeks Covid Misinformation Data From Big Tech | The New York Times
By Davey Alba on March 3, 2022
Dr. Vivek Murthy also demanded information from the platforms about the major sources of Covid-19 misinformation. Companies have until May 2, 2022, to submit the data.
“This is about protecting the nation’s health,” said the surgeon general, Vivek Murthy.
President Biden’s surgeon general on Thursday formally requested that the major tech platforms submit information about the scale of Covid-19 misinformation on social networks, search engines, crowdsourced platforms, e-commerce platforms and instant messaging systems.
