A new European code against disinformation

Europe is tightening the screw in the fight against disinformation on the internet.

Its first code of good practices, signed since 2018 by a dozen players including Meta, Google, TikTok and Twitter, had quickly shown its limits: based on self-regulation, it had given rise to incomplete implementation.

After a year of work with stakeholders, a new, much stronger version was adopted on Thursday by 34 organizations in social networks, online advertising, fact-checker networks, and associations such as Reporters sans borders (RSF).

Twitch, Clubhouse or WhatsApp are among the newcomers.

But we note the absence of Telegram messaging or “alternative” networks, such as Odysee or Gettr, high places for the dissemination of conspiracy theories.

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This reinforced code remains non-mandatory, but it will in fact become so for the very large platforms designated as such by the Digital Services Act, which will come into force in 2023...

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