Holding Tech Companies Accountable for Disinformation

What’s happening? The European Commission wants tech companies to block accounts sharing disinformation and ban those that regularly post debunked content

Why is this important? In 2018 the big tech companies and the EU signed the its Code of Practice on Disinformation, a voluntary pact signed by the world’s largest social media companies to stop the spread of disinformation

How will this be important? If tech trends, like protecting data privacy begin in Europe, this stands. good chance of jumping the policy pond to the States.

NPR | Europe Wants Social Media Giants To Do More To Stop Disinformation