Better fight against disinformation on social platforms
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2025 8:19 am
Social platforms and their content distribution algorithms have an impact on the spread of Fake News. It is therefore necessary to regulate them more effectively.
Paul Nemitz, senior advisor to the European Commission's DG Justice & Consumers, denounces "the ideology of Silicon Valley" according to which "if we eliminate all the intermediaries between an individual and information, everything will be solved."
From a regulatory point of view, Paul Nemitz considers that the implementation of the European directive on copyright is not clear.
"There is too much room for false gambling data asia compromise," explains Paul Nemitz.
Indeed, Google announced last month that it will implement the European directive in these terms: they will remove all featured snippets from publishers. Publishers who wish to have a featured snippet on the search engine will be able to request one but will not be paid.
Christophe Leclercq, founder of Euractiv, recalls the good practices recommended by the European Commission against disinformation :
– Implement trust indicators on platforms to determine the credibility that can be given to a particular source of information.
– Promote quality content. But Christophe Leclercq adds ironically that to promote them, they would first have to be financed… hence the need to continue negotiations between publishers and these platforms.
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen also cites “trust projects” such as DocumentCloud , a platform that helps journalists do background research on a story and find primary sources. “ People like transparency and want to know that the media has done its research properly,
Paul Nemitz, senior advisor to the European Commission's DG Justice & Consumers, denounces "the ideology of Silicon Valley" according to which "if we eliminate all the intermediaries between an individual and information, everything will be solved."
From a regulatory point of view, Paul Nemitz considers that the implementation of the European directive on copyright is not clear.
"There is too much room for false gambling data asia compromise," explains Paul Nemitz.
Indeed, Google announced last month that it will implement the European directive in these terms: they will remove all featured snippets from publishers. Publishers who wish to have a featured snippet on the search engine will be able to request one but will not be paid.
Christophe Leclercq, founder of Euractiv, recalls the good practices recommended by the European Commission against disinformation :
– Implement trust indicators on platforms to determine the credibility that can be given to a particular source of information.
– Promote quality content. But Christophe Leclercq adds ironically that to promote them, they would first have to be financed… hence the need to continue negotiations between publishers and these platforms.
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen also cites “trust projects” such as DocumentCloud , a platform that helps journalists do background research on a story and find primary sources. “ People like transparency and want to know that the media has done its research properly,