EU Issues New Guidelines for Online Platforms to Combat Election Disinformation

The EU has issued new guidelines for online platforms like Meta, TikTok, and Google to mitigate risks and disinformation around the 2023 EU elections.

Platforms must flag threats like deepfakes, "recommender systems" that push divisive content, and AI chatbots spreading false information.

Companies like TikTok, Meta, and Google have already set up election centers to combat misinformation before the June EU vote.

The guidelines require platforms to work with authorities and experts to tackle emerging election threats under a new incident response system.

The rules aim to address the challenge of moderating content in the EU’s 24 official languages, though some platforms have few or no moderators for some languages.