Facebook, Twitter Agree to New European Rules on Online Posts

Facebook proprietor Meta Platforms Inc., Twitter and different social-media platforms have agreed to abide by tougher European Union standards for policing on-line postings, providing a preview of the kind of guidelines huge tech firms will face underneath a coming digital-content regulation.

The EU’s code of observe on disinformation, unveiled Thursday, replaces an earlier, voluntary set of pointers for addressing on-line content material that officers view as intentionally false or deceptive. Officials mentioned they intend to make parts of the brand new code compulsory for main platforms underneath the brand new regulation, the Digital Services Act.