According to a survey report published by the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), most major online platforms are struggling to meet their fact-checking obligations under the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation, which is due to be incorporated into the Digital Services Act on 1 July.
This report assesses implementation of the Code of Practice on Disinformation (see EUROPE 13579/11) between January and June 2024, focusing on the actions of Meta (Facebook and Instagram), Google (Search and YouTube), Microsoft (Bing and LinkedIn) and TikTok.
In terms of its measures’ effectiveness, Google was the only platform to achieve a “good” score in all three of the study’s scoring pillars: empowering users, empowering the fact-checking community and empowering the research community.
Microsoft and TikTok received scores ranging from “mixed” to “poor”, and Meta was somewhere in the middle, with an “excellent” score for empowering the research community, but a “mixed” score for user empowerment.
In terms of compliance with the code’s obligations, however, the study reveals a “consistent trend of partial implementation, with uneven progress across key areas”.
The EDMO warns of a “clear gap” between the commitments made by platforms to the code and the actions actually implemented. Without rigorous application, the code risks remaining confined to a “performative” role, warns the organisation.
See the report: https://aeur.eu/f/hk2 (Original version in French by Isalia Stieffatre)