The Factsheet, which was published on May 2024 by EU DisinfoLab, delves into platform policies on election misinformation, focusing on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and X. All these platforms have been qualified as Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) by the European Union Digital Services Act. Therefore, they must comply with particularly stringent regulations and justify the means they deploy to combat false and misleading information. Moreover, as the 2024 election super year unfolds, these platforms will be particularly scrutinised.
The document attempts to focus as much as possible on electoral misinformation and the policies against it. It summarises the state of the art and shows how five of the largest online platforms have addressed electoral misinformation. It presents the definitions of prohibited organic or advertising content, the actors involved and detection criteria.
Source: EU DisinfoLab (2024). Platform’s policies on elections misinformation. p. 4.