Democrats press Zuckerberg on Facebook COVID-19 vaccine misinformation

Congressional Democrats on Wednesday said that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not doing enough to remove coronavirus vaccine misinformation on the platform, saying it lowered vaccination rates.

Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and Democratic Reps. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois and Anna Eshoo of California, who are both leaders on the House Energy Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over online content moderation, sent letters to Zuckerberg earlier this week requesting more and better data on the degree of misinformation on his platform related to coronavirus vaccines.