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Commissioners Andrus Ansip, Vera Jourova, Julian King and Mariya Gabriel announce the new measures (Photo: European Commission)

EU warns tech giants on Russian fake news

The EU commission plans to boost the fight against Russian disinformation before the European elections next May, according to proposals rolled out on Wednesday (5 December).

The EU executive wants tech giants, such as Facebook, Twitter and Google to provide monthly reports from January until the election on any such disinformation campaigns.

The commission expects tech companies to publish how they place political adverts, and how many "bot accounts" and fake accounts they ide...

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