Report of HLEG on Fake News and Online Disinformation
Report of HLEG on Fake News and Online Disinformation
Author(s): Ľubica BôtošováSubject(s): Anthropology, Education, Psychology, Communication studies, Sociology
Published by: Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave, Fakulta masmediálnej komunikácie
Keywords: Fake news; Disinformation; HLEG; European commission; Report; Media literacy
Summary/Abstract: This report refers about the policy initiatives to counter fake news and disinformation spread online and the techniques of the European Commission to prevent this issue. The HLEG, a high-level group of experts created by the European Commission in 2018, prepared a report with best practicies and suitable responses to disinformation. The main responses were divided into five pillars as transparency, media and information literacy, empowering users and journalists, safeguard of the diversity of the European news media ecosystem and continued research.
Journal: Media Literacy and Academic Research
- Issue Year: 1/2018
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 74-77
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English