Brussels calls on tech giants to help fight election disinformation

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Commissioner Jourova accused Moscow of spreading fake news.

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00:00 Brussels is concerned about disinformation coming from Russia in view of upcoming national

00:06 and European elections.

00:08 European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova says she`s convinced the Kremlin is already

00:12 active in manipulating European voters.

00:16 She now wants to text biggest companies that signed a voluntary code of practice on disinformation

00:21 earlier this year to help fight it.

00:24 There is a war in the information space waged against us and that there are upcoming elections

00:30 where malicious actors will try to use the design features of the platforms to manipulate.

00:38 Upcoming national elections and the EU elections will be an important test for the code that

00:43 platforms signatories should not fail.

00:47 Some of the largest online platforms like Google and Meta that signed the code of practice

00:51 six months ago now published a first report on Tuesday showing how they`ve turned commitments

00:56 to reduce the spread of disinformation into practice.

01:00 According to the report, millions of fake accounts were identified and misleading content

01:04 was restricted.

01:06 Commissioner Jourova also had a message for Elon Musk who withdrew Twitter from the voluntary

01:09 code of practice earlier this year.

01:12 Mr. Musk knows that he is not off the hook by leaving the code of practice, because now

01:19 we have the Digital Services Act fully enforced, as Twitter has been designated as the very

01:25 large online platform.

01:27 Of course, there are obligations given by the hard law.

01:32 So, my message for Twitter is you have to comply with the hard law and we will be watching

01:41 what you are doing.

01:42 According to her, it`s the combination of AI and disinformation which is creating the

01:46 biggest headache.

01:47 So, how easy is it to address these new challenges?

01:50 This analyst says that the largest platform`s dominance can be challenging and also that

01:54 the EU`s current policies are not enough.

01:57 We have a contradiction.

01:59 On the one hand, the platforms want mobility in terms of content.

02:06 The content often creates this mobility.

02:09 So, they go to face something that on the other hand creates the benefit and the profit

02:17 that they want.

02:18 So, it`s an important parameter in the fight against disinformation.

02:19 But there are other important dimensions, such as education.

02:20 People, citizens from a young age, should be educated, to get this critical view of the

02:21 digital media.

02:22 Another solution being proposed includes technologies that automatically identify fake

02:23 news.

02:24 The EU`s current policies are not enough.

02:44 So, it`s a challenge.

02:45 It`s a challenge.

02:46 It`s a challenge.

02:47 (footsteps)

02:49 [SWOOSH]

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