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Hire factcheckers to fight election fake news, EU tells tech firms
Parliamentary elections thought vulnerable to fake news will test social media firms and bloc’s new DSA laws
The new rules flow from the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), which regulates content on social media, and follows a public consultation with civil society and election observation groups in February. During the last Dutch election campaign, claims on Facebook incorrectly told voters who couldn’t choose between Geert Wilders’ far-right party PVV and a rival that “this year” they could tick two boxes instead of one. After the Netherlands went to the polls in November, far-right groups looked to emulate Donald Trump and claimed the general election was “stolen” after hashtags such as #voterfraud and #stopthesteal began to appear online.
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