EU beefs up disinformation code to prevent digital ad profit
European Union officials have unveiled plans to beef up the bloc’s code of practice on online disinformation with the aim of preventing digital ad companies from profiting off of “fake news.”
LONDON -- European Union officials unveiled plans Wednesday to beef up the bloc's code of practice on online disinformation, with the aim of preventing digital ad companies from profiting off of “fake news.”
EU officials said they were strengthening the three-year-old voluntary code to make it more effective at fighting the false information flooding tech platforms.
“We want to cut the systemic producers of disinformation off the money,” Vera Jourova, a vice president of the European Commission whose brief includes rule of law issues and disinformation, said in Brussels during a media briefing. “Disinformation still is something that sells well, so we want to also engage the advertising industry not to place ads next to disinformation."
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