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Are Google, Twitter, and Facebook Fighting Fake News in the EU?

Scarlett Ness
Updated
Are Google, Twitter, and Facebook Fighting Fake News in the EU?

Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google, Facebook (FB), Twitter (TWTR), and other tech companies have been facing increasing pressure from lawmakers in the United States and the European Union to curb the spread of fake news and misinformation on their platforms. Russian hackers used these social media platforms to spread misinformation and influence the results of the 2016 US presidential election and the United Kingdom’s Brexit vote, so lawmakers want to ensure that the companies have resolved the problem ahead of the EU elections next spring.

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