Google, Twitter, Meta, TikTok and more just signed the EU’s “anti-disinformation” code
- by: Dan Frieth
- 2022-06-16
- Source:
Reclaim the Net
- 06/16/2022
Flags of the European Union in front of the EU-commission building "Berlaymont" in Brussels, Belgium by Christian Lue is licensed under Unsplash unsplash.com
Big Tech companies have signed a new version of the European Union’s “anti-disinformation” code. Some of the companies that signed include Google, Twitter, Meta, TikTok, and Twitch – but also smaller players such as Vimeo and Clubhouse.
The “code of practice on disinformation,” will require online platforms to show how they are tackling “harmful content.”
It will also require platforms to fight “harmful misinformation” by forming partnerships with fact-checkers and developing tools. They will be forced to include “indicators of trustworthiness” on information verified independently on hot-button issues like COVID-19 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Source:
Reclaim the Net
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