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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12510

20 June 2020
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Democracy
Josep Borrell and Věra Jourová, accused of “disguised censorship”, retort they do not want to create “a ministry of truth
Brussels, 19/06/2020 (Agence Europe)

Discussing freedom of expression with MEPs in the context of recent disinformation campaigns by foreign players, European Commission representatives were accused of “disguised censorship” on Thursday 18 June during a debate in the European Parliament plenary session.

On behalf of the Identity and Democracy Group, Belgian MEP Filip De Man used this expression, calling into question the independence of fact checkers whose work the European Union is making a call to support (see EUROPE...

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