EFCSN review of the fulfillment of the Code of Practice on Disinformation by the very large online platforms and search engines

The European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN) has published a detailed review on the fulfillment of the Code of Practice on Disinformation (signed in 2022) by the very large online platforms and search engines since early 2023.

The EFCSN represents more than 50 independent fact-checking organizations in over 30 European countries and, using public data from those companies’ last DSA and Code of Practice semiannual reports, plus the insights of the European fact-checking community, concludes that “most of the very large online platforms and search engines are still far from fulfilling their promises and do not have effective risk mitigation measures against disinformation in place, as the Digital Services Act requires”.

The full report is available here and covers YouTube, Google Search, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Linkedin, Microsoft Bing, WhatsApp, X/Twitter, and Telegram.