Commission sets up High-Level Expert Group and launches public consultation on tackling fake news

Summary:

The European Commission launched on 13 November 2017 a public consultation on fake news and online disinformation. It also set up a High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) on the same matters.

Further information:

The HLEG aims to gather representatives from academia, online platforms, news media and civil society organisations. It should advise the Commission on all issues arising in the context of fake information spread across traditional and social media and how to cope with its social and political consequences.

The public consultation aims to help assess the effectiveness of actions by market players and other stakeholders, the need for scaling them up and introducing new actions to address different types of fake news. The consultation was scheduled to end in February 2018.

European Commission: Public consultation on fake news and online disinformation https://ec.europa.eu/info/consultations/public-consultation-fake-news-and-online-disinformation

European Commission: Call for applications for the selection of members of the High Level group on Fake News https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/call-applications-selection-members-high-level-group-fake-news

EUObserver, 13.11.17: EU Commission to target fake news https://euobserver.com/justice/139850

EurActiv, 13.11.17: Gabriel leading Commission effort against fake news ‘disease’ https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/gabriel-leading-commission-effort-against-fake-news-disease/

Reuters, 13.11.17: EU wants feedback on impact of fake news to help draft strategy https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1DD18K

Sputnik International, 14.11.17: European Commission Aims to 'Vaccinate' Continent Against Fake News 'Disease' https://sptnkne.ws/fWDD

European Commission: Discours d'ouverture de la Commissaire Mariya Gabriel en charge de l'économie et société numériques http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-17-4609_fr.htm

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