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If the trend becomes entrenched, the Commission would need to reconsider its fact-checking demands, a source told Euractiv ...

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Other signatories to the voluntary code set up in May 2016 are Dailymotion, Instagram, Jeuxvideo.com, LinkedIn, Microsoft hosted consumer services, Snapchat, Rakuten Viber, TikTok and Twitch ...

Google rejects EU's fact-checking requirements for search and YouTube, defying new disinformation rules. Google refuses to implement EU-mandated fact-checking on its platforms. Google claims its ...

The new Code of Conduct by the EU aims to improve how social media platforms deal with content that violates hate speech laws in the EU countries as well as other countries ...