BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU justice chief Vera Jourova on Thursday criticized U.S. tech giants such as Google and Facebook for making money off coronavirus-related fake news instead of putting in more efforts to stop the deluge.
FILE PHOTO: European Values and Transparency Commissioner-designate Vera Jourova of Czech Republic attends her hearing before the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium October 7, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman
With millions of people confined to their homes due to lockdowns to counter the spread of the virus, social media and online platforms have seen the volume of news on their sites and user traffic soar.
That has in turn sparked alarm and criticism because of the flood of disinformation.
Jourova, who last week held a conference call with Facebook, Twitter Inc, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla, said their efforts to date were inadequate.
The companies last week told Jourova that they had removed large quantities of false and harmful content, the bulk of which…
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