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Google won't add fact checks despite new EU law (www.axios.com)
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Google has told the EU 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, according to a copy of a letter obtained by Axios

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[โ€“] LemoineFairclough 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What "new EU law" is being discussed? I read several articles like this but I failed to figure that out.

It helps me that this article expressed "The EU's Code of Practice on Disinformation, introduced in 2022, includes several voluntary commitments" is relevant, but I don't consider a law that is 2-3 years old to be "new". Moreover, I'm not even sure what a "voluntary commitment" is in the context of a law.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 11 hours ago

That voluntary commitment is to be made mandatory when the new law takes effect. Don't quite remember when exactly but it's in the future.