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Meta ramps up efforts to combat disinformation ahead of crucial EU elections
As crucial EU elections approach, Facebook's parent Meta unveils new strategies to detect deepfakes and combat disinformation, but experts say influencers remain vulnerable to manipulation.
With the European Parliament elections just months away, Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta is rolling out new initiatives aimed at curbing the spread of misinformation and manipulation on its platforms. In a blog post on Sunday, Marco Pancini, Meta’s head of EU affairs, outlined a detailed plan that includes setting up an EU-specific Election Operations Center, expanding its network of fact-checking partners, and developing tools to detect and label AI-generated content. While Meta is expanding its fact-checking network to now cover all 24 official EU languages and requiring disclosures for AI-generated content, critics argue these efforts lack teeth.
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