The Commission is stepping up its efforts to counter disinformation in the run-up to the May 2019 election. After a communication on online disinformation in April, it published an Action Plan on Wednesday 5 December presenting a "coordinated approach between the EU institutions and in cooperation with the Member States".
Disinformation is "false or misleading information, which is created, presented and disseminated for economic purposes or to intentionally mislead the public, and may...