An employee passes a screen showing Berlin landmarks during the opening day of a new Berlin office of US internet search giant Google in Berlin on January 22, 2019. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
BRUSSELS: Google, Facebook and Twitter have fallen short of their pledges to combat fake news, three months before key European elections, the European Commission said on Feb 28.
The tech companies and trade bodies representing the advertising industry signed up to a voluntary code of conduct in October to tackle the spread of fake news, aiming to stave off more heavy-handed legislation.
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