Next steps against fake news: Commission sets up High-Level Expert Group and launches public consultation

The Commission has launched a public consultation on fake news and online disinformation and set up a High-Level Expert Group representing academics, online platforms, news media and civil society organisations.

graphic showing a person with a question mark over his head and reading a newspaper entitled "Fake news daily" in the background a laptop with text fake news is shown — European Commission
Fake news - online and offline

The work of the High-Level Expert Group as well as the results of the public consultation will contribute to the development of an EU-level strategy on how to tackle the spreading of fake news, to be presented in spring 2018.

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Speech by Digital Economy and Society Commissioner Mariya Gabriel (in French)

Next steps against fake news: Commission sets up High-Level Expert Group and launches public consultation

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