While technologies offer new and easy ways, notably through social media, to disseminate information on a large scale and with speed and precision, they can also be used as powerful echo chambers for disinformation campaigns.
The Commission is proposing measures to tackle disinformation online, including an EU-wide Code of Practice on Disinformation, support for an independent network of fact-checkers, and a series of actions to stimulate quality journalism and promote media literacy.
The Communication on tackling online disinformation: a European approach sets out the views of the Commission on the challenges associated with disinformation online.
The public consultation took place between 13 November 2017 and 23 February 2018. The aim of the consultation was to help assess the effectiveness of current actions by market players and other stakeholders, the need for scaling them up and introducing new actions to address different types of fake news.
The Commission invited experts to discuss future actions to tackle the spread of fake news and disinformation online. The recordings and presentations are now available.
The work of the High-Level Expert Group will contribute to the development of an EU-level strategy on how to tackle the spreading of fake news and disinformation, to be presented in spring 2018. The group gathers 40 representatives of social media platforms and media organisations and of citizens, civil society organisation and experts such as journalists and academia.
The Commission has appointed 39 experts to the new High Level Group on fake news and online disinformation. The Group will contribute to the development of an EU-level strategy on how to tackle fake news, to be presented in spring 2018. It comprises representatives of civil society, social media, online platforms, news media organisations and academia.
Following an open selection process, the Commission has appointed 39 experts to a new High Level Group (HLEG) on fake news and online disinformation. It comprises representatives of the civil society, social media platforms, news media organisations, journalists and academia. Professor dr. Madeleine de Cock Buning is nominated to chair the Group.
