- The White House is frustrated

that what it callsmisinformation on social media

is preventing peoplefrom getting vaccinated,

and it wants the misinformation stopped.

- What's your message toplatforms like Facebook?

- They're killing people.

I mean, they're really,

look, the only pandemic wehave is among the unvaccinated,

and they're killing people.

- [Dale] Facebook refuted the claims

saying vaccinations are up,

but health officialssay it's an urgent issue

with a new rise in COVIDcases in most states

fueled by the Delta variant.

- This Delta virus is reallya cause of greater concern.

This is not last year's virus.

- [Dale] More than 65%of Americans 12 and over

have received at leastone dose of the vaccine.

But the White House believessocial media platforms

that allow posts attacking the vaccine

are keeping millions of other Americans

from being vaccinated.

- I've been deeply concerned

about the flow of misinformation

across technology platforms,

and throughout societyover the last many months.

- [Dale] And a firestormerupted in Washington last week

when White House PressSecretary, Jen Psaki said

the White House is inregular contact with Facebook

about flagging posts seen as problematic,

which led a White House reporter to ask,

- For how long has the administration

been spying on people's Facebook profiles

looking for vaccine misinformation?

- Well that was quite a loadedand inaccurate question.

- [Dale] But Texas Senator Ted Cruz

accused the Biden administrationof colluding with big tech.

- It makes clear thateverything we thought

about the Biden Administration,

about their willingnessto trample on free speech,

to trample on the Constitution,

to use government power to silence you,

everything we feared they might do,

they are doing and worse.

- COVID cases are up in allbut two states in the US.

Officials in Los Angeles County

are even reinstitutingan indoor mask mandate.

But the sheriff says he won't enforce it.

Among the latest cases arefive of the Texas Democrats

who fled to DC to block avote on election reform.

They met with Vice PresidentKamala Harris last week.

Dale Hurd, CBN News.