Media calls on EU to crack down on online disinformation


The EU last week called on the Internet giants to do more to fight the 'huge wave of disinformation' caused by the pandemic. — Relaxnews

BRUSSELS: Broadcasters, publishers and journalists called on the European Commission on June 15 to implement "much stronger measures" to combat disinformation on Internet platforms such as Google and Facebook.

A joint declaration, signed notably by the European Federation of Journalists, the European Publishers Council and the Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT), follows a presentation on June 10 by Brussels of new measures against disinformation, prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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