Disinformation: EU Opens Probe Against Facebook and Instagram Ahead of Election

Meta’s moderation and advertisement practices comply with the European bloc’s new content-moderation law, the Digital Services Act (DSA). In a public statement, Margrethe Vestager, the Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, said that the institution “suspects that Meta’s moderation is insufficient and lacks transparency of advertisements and content moderation procedures.” Lack of Efficient Anti-Disinformation Monitoring Tools Vestager added that Meta’s moderation failings could allow coordinated disinformation campaigns to thrive in the run-up to the EU election.

Source: Infosecurity

 


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