ms. bickert: senator, thank you. i know we have assessed that comment and remove the accounts that were violating and i can follow up more with you on specific details of that. and i think this is an important issue. we knew we had to get it right when it comes to misinformation around covid. one of our goals was to help 50 million people get vaccinated and we are doing that will actively through partnerships with local and national health authorities and making sure that we are directing people to authoritative health information including where they can get vaccinated. we have connected more than 2 million people with those authoritative health resources. since the very beginning we have been partnering with the cdc to remove content that contradicts cdc guidance that can lead to an increased risk that people could contact -- contract or spread covid and that includes removing over 12 million pieces of safety related covid-19 misinformation. sen. klobuchar: in my role on the congress committee, senator cantwell is

ms. bickert, much of the public discussion is focused on facebook's moderation practices. there is a compelling argument that the problem is not the quality of the moderation were the nature of the algorithm, but the underlining business model. your scale and power. while you clearly have an obligation to remove certain content, for example incitement of violence. i am not excited about huge multinational tech companies becoming the arbiters of legitimate speech and expression, especially when the decisions about what you may suppress algorithmically are often made in secret and under heavy pressure from politicians and advertisers in public opinion. so, on the subject of your scale and power, i would like to ask does facebook anticipate that it will in bar going for the requisitions of competitor services in light of the suit that you are already facing from the ftc and a number of state attorneys general alleging that the acquisitions, instagram and whatsapp constitute anticompetitive activity. >> senator, thank you for the question. of course i can't comment on any liti

ms. bickert, much of the public discussion is focused on facebook's moderation practices. but there is a compelling argument that the problem is not the quality of the moderation were the nature of the algorithm, but the underlining business model. your scale and power. while you clearly have an obligation to remove certain content, for example incitement of violence. i am not excited about huge multinational tech companies becoming the arbiters of legitimate speech and expression, especially when the decisions about what you may suppress algorithmically are often made in secret and under heavy pressure from politicians and advertisers in public opinion. so, on the subject of your scale and power, i would like to ask does facebook anticipate that it will in bar going for the requisitions of competitor services in light of the suit that you are already facing from the ftc and a number of state attorneys general alleging that the acquisitions, instagram and whatsapp constitute anticompetitive activity. >> senator, thank you for the question. of course i can't comment on any