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Brussels calls on tech giants to help fight election disinformation
euronews (in English)
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26/09/2023
Commissioner Jourova accused Moscow of spreading fake news.
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Brussels is concerned about disinformation coming from Russia in view of upcoming national
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and European elections.
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European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova says she`s convinced the Kremlin is already
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active in manipulating European voters.
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She now wants to text biggest companies that signed a voluntary code of practice on disinformation
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earlier this year to help fight it.
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There is a war in the information space waged against us and that there are upcoming elections
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where malicious actors will try to use the design features of the platforms to manipulate.
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Upcoming national elections and the EU elections will be an important test for the code that
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platforms signatories should not fail.
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Some of the largest online platforms like Google and Meta that signed the code of practice
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six months ago now published a first report on Tuesday showing how they`ve turned commitments
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to reduce the spread of disinformation into practice.
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According to the report, millions of fake accounts were identified and misleading content
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was restricted.
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Commissioner Jourova also had a message for Elon Musk who withdrew Twitter from the voluntary
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code of practice earlier this year.
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Mr. Musk knows that he is not off the hook by leaving the code of practice, because now
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we have the Digital Services Act fully enforced, as Twitter has been designated as the very
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large online platform.
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Of course, there are obligations given by the hard law.
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So, my message for Twitter is you have to comply with the hard law and we will be watching
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what you are doing.
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According to her, it`s the combination of AI and disinformation which is creating the
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biggest headache.
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So, how easy is it to address these new challenges?
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This analyst says that the largest platform`s dominance can be challenging and also that
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the EU`s current policies are not enough.
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We have a contradiction.
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On the one hand, the platforms want mobility in terms of content.
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The content often creates this mobility.
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So, they go to face something that on the other hand creates the benefit and the profit
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that they want.
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So, it`s an important parameter in the fight against disinformation.
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But there are other important dimensions, such as education.
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People, citizens from a young age, should be educated, to get this critical view of the
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digital media.
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Another solution being proposed includes technologies that automatically identify fake
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news.
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The EU`s current policies are not enough.
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So, it`s a challenge.
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It`s a challenge.
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It`s a challenge.
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It`s a challenge.
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(footsteps)
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