Combate a fake news na União Européia
On April 26, 2018, the European Commission announced a set of measures, among them a European Union (EU)-wide Code of Practice and an independent European network of fact-checkers, to combat the spread of disinformation (fake news) online. In this context, disinformation is defined as “verifiably false or misleading information that is created, presented and disseminated for economic gain or to intentionally deceive the public, and may cause public harm.” The proposed measures complement the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that will apply across the EU beginning May 25, 2018. The Communication of the Commission does not address related issues like illegal content online. (Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. Tackling Online Disinformation: A European Approach, COM (2018) 236 final (Apr. 26, 2018), EUR-Lex website; Press Release, European Commission, Tackling Online Disinformation: Commission Proposes an EU-Wide Code of Practice (Apr. 26, 2018), European Commission website; Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the Protection of Natural Persons with Regard to the Processing of Personal Data and on the Free Movement of Such Data, and Repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (GDPR), 2016 O.J. (L 119) 1, EUR-Lex website.)