Google will “PULL OUT of all FACT-CHECKING commitments”

… a letter obtained by Axios

… Google’s global affairs president Kent Walker

… the fact-checking integration required by the [ EU ] Commission’s new Disinformation Code of Practice

… “simply isn’t appropriate or effective for our services”

… The code would require Google to incorporate fact-check results alongside Google’s search results

… and YouTube videos

… a new feature added to YouTube last year that enables some users to add contextual notes to videos

… is similar to X’s Community Notes feature

… as well as new program announced by Meta last week

… Google had already told the Commission that it didn’t plan to comply

… will “pull out of all fact-checking commitments in the Code before it becomes a DSA Code of Conduct”

 

            Code of Practice Disinformation

 

            DSA Digital Services Act

 

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