Two years after agreeing to a self-regulatory code of practice to tackle disinformation, Facebook, Google, Twitter and other tech rivals must try harder to be more effective in this regard.
These demands were also raised by the European Commission (EC) earlier this month, towards technology giants (Big Tech).
The main reason that prompted the EC to raise this issue is the large presence of fake news related to COVID-19 on social networks. For this reason, the EC has asked social networks to react more proactively in combating this phenomenon.
The vice-chair of the committee for values and transparency, Vera Jourova, called for more action to counter new risks.
"While we are also witnessing threats, the time is ripe to go further and propose new security measures. Platforms must become more accountable and transparent. They must open up and provide better access to data," Jourova said, among other things, according to the report. euractive.com.
Jourova is currently working on a European Democracy Action Plan to make democracy more resilient to digital threats.
The Commission is set to propose new rules called the Digital Services Act by the end of the year, which aim to increase responsibility and ethics in the content of these platforms.
(Report by euractiv.com)