The bloc’s heads of state will urge governments to share information on threats via a new warning system. They will also call for online platforms such as Facebook and Google to do more to remove misleading or illegal content
European Union leaders will sound the alarm this week over the threat of EU elections in May being undermined by a co-ordinated campaign of fake news and disinformation by foreign powers.
The draft statement is the latest sign of concerns over growing evidence, particularly since the U.S. presidential elections, that Russia has sought to sow division in Europe.“Many of our nations, including France, have already been targeted by campaigns, attacks or manipulation,” an Elysee official said. “We have to increase our efforts at the European level … today our forces are scattered and not yet enough.
So far efforts at the EU level have been limited by different election rules in each member state and qualms over how far regulators can go in responding to misleading content online, especially originating in its own member states. “This is a societal challenge we are dealing with, it’s not a quick fix,” an EU official said, adding that the bloc’s mandate is to focus on threats from foreign actors.
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