"EU Urges Big Tech to Combat Election Misinformation and Deepfakes"

The European Commission has issued guidelines to major online platforms, including X, TikTok, and Facebook, to address risks to the integrity of EU elections and combat voter disinformation. The guidelines, part of the Digital Services Act, outline measures to tackle election-related risks, harmful AI content, and misleading political advertising. While not legally binding, non-compliant platforms could face fines of up to 6% of global turnover. The move aims to push Big Tech to do more to uphold democratic values and comes ahead of the European Parliament elections in June, with concerns about the spread of misinformation and the need for content moderators fluent in the EU's 24 official languages.