Government efforts to minimize the effects of junk and fake news circulating on social media ahead of this week’s EU parliamentary elections may have succeeded, suggest results of a study conducted by Oxford University’s Computational Propaganda Project. The European Commission undertook targeted actions to counter junk news last year. It rolled out plans to build capacity for joint responses to misinformation campaigns in the EU, and launched campaigns to raise awareness among voters, among other initiatives.
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EU’s Counterattack on Junk News May Help Protect Elections
Posted by: Richard Adhikari May 22, 2019 02:56 AMGovernment efforts to minimize the effects of junk and fake news circulating on social media ahead of this week’s EU parliamentary elections may have succeeded, suggest results of a study conducted by Oxford University’s Computational Propaganda Project. The European Commission undertook targeted actions to counter junk news last year. It rolled out plans to build capacity for joint responses to misinformation campaigns in the EU, and launched campaigns to raise awareness among voters, among other initiatives.