EU cites ‘anti-vaccine campaign’ as reason to toughen social media code

European Commission proposes more factchecking and algorithm changes to tackle disinformationA “massive anti-vaccination campaign” has been cited by the European Commission as a reason for social media platforms to intensify their factchecking and revise the internal algorithms that can amplify disinformation.Under a revised code of practice proposed by Brussels, companies such as Facebook, Google and Twitter would need to show why particular material is disseminated and prove that f