Google won't add fact checks despite new EU law
Google has told the European Union it will not add fact checks to search results and YouTube videos or use them in ranking or removing content, despite the requirements of a new EU law. Google has never included fact-checking as part of its content moderation practices. The company had signaled privately to EU lawmakers that it didn't plan to change its practices, but it's reaffirming its stance ahead of a voluntary code becoming law in the near future. In a letter written to Renate Nikolay, the deputy director general under the content and technology arm at the European Commission, Google's global affairs president Kent Walker said the fact-checking integration required by the Commission's new Disinformation Code of Practice "simply isn't appropriate or effective for our services" and said Google won't commit to it.
Google won't add fact checks despite new EU law