All three agreed to a self-regulatory Code of Practice last October
Facebook, Google and Twitter have been criticised by the European Commission for not doing enough to combat fake news in the run up to the European Parliament elections.
However, while some progress has been made by the three firms, the EU said in its monthly report that the companies are failing to successfully address the spread of fake news. "Moreover, the data provided still lacks the level of detail necessary to allow for an independent and accurate assessment of how the platforms' policies have actually contributed to reducing the spread of disinformation in the EU," they said.created publicly accessible political ad libraries and enabled searches through APIs, which the EU said is a clear improvement.
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