Disinformation: bad grades for platforms

A study commissioned by the EU Commission shows: Facebook and YouTube do too little to counter propaganda from the Kremlin. This is a bad omen for the European elections.

The EU sometimes has to accept accusations that it hides information well. In this case, it was a study on disinformation in connection with the Digital Services Act (DSA). Here, the Commission caused confusion because it published the study online last week, but withdrew it shortly afterwards, only to publish it again now.

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