Europe tackles disinformation – Attention is good, political will makes the difference

NewsTogether with 38 individual experts and representatives of companies, associations and institutions, the Paris-based press freedom watchdog Reporters without borders (RSF) participated in a High-level Expert Group (HLEG) that the EU Commission had assembled to tackle the phenomenon of so-called ‘fake news’ and disinformation. The final report of this group was received and published today in Brussels by EU Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, Mariya Gabriel. Reporters without Borders welcomes the elevated interest of Member States and the European Union itself to better understand…

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