By John Glenday

The European Commission has pledged to crackdown on social media firms in a fresh drive to silence so called ‘fake news‘ propagated by their networks.

Spurred by a recent leak of Facebook data, the commission has vowed to intervene in order to prevent democratic processes from being ‘subverted’ ahead of next year’s elections to the European Parliament.

Sir Julian King, European commissioner for security, is leading calls for a ‘clear game plan’ to tackle the issue, including a ‘more binding approach’ than self-regulation in the fight against the spread of disinformation online.

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Source: The Drum