Vera Yurova, European Commission (EC) Vice-President for Values and Transparency, is concerned about the expulsion of some European “disinformation experts” from Twitter. He stated that during conferences In Brussels to fight disinformation
“I am concerned that Twitter has laid off a significant number of employees fighting disinformation in Europe,” the EC representative said.
According to him, qualified personnel are needed to implement measures against the dissemination of deliberately false or distorted information and propaganda.
The politician also noted that, based on the results of his visits to Ukraine and the Baltic countries, he understood that “social platforms should work more actively in the search for disinformation in Central and Eastern Europe.”
formerly Yurova declarationThat the European Commission has developed a package of bills to protect democracy from agents of foreign influence.
Source: Gazeta
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