nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220805-182037-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220805s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220805-182037-0 doi eng 342 23 Fahy, Ronan Author aut The EU’s regulatory push against disinformation - What happens if platforms refuse to cooperate? Fahy, Ronan Verfassungsblog 2022-08-05 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s surprise bid to buy Twitter questions the wisdom of the current EU efforts to combat the spread of disinformation, which has relied to a large extend on platforms’ voluntary cooperation. Whether successful or not, it raises serious questions on EU disinformation policy’s reliance on platforms’ discretion to moderate this category of speech. It is likely to put pressure on the carefully constructed web of self- and co-regulatory measures and legislation the European Commission has spun to counter the spread of disinformation. CC BY-SA 4.0 code of conduct Disinformation DSA Elon Musk Misinformation Appelman, Naomi Author aut Helberger, Natali Author aut (orcid)0000-0003-1652-0580 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/voluntary-disinfo/ raw object