The European Commission has unveiled a tougher code of conduct against disinformation, already signed by internet giants such as Google and Twitter, reports DW..

The updated version of the code, agreed on against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic and Russia's unmotivated full-scale war in Ukraine, provides, among other things, for strengthening the fight against the so-called "

Internet users will need to get better tools to recognize and flag fakes. The so-called fact-checking will be expanded in all languages \u200b\u200bof the EU countries. To combat disinformation, it is proposed, among other things, to deprive distributors of fakes of advertising revenue.

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The Center for Counteracting Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council warns that Kremlin propagandists continue to do their job, creating new fakes. The main ones now concern the so-called "