Google, Facebook, Twitter will have to tackle deepfakes or risk EU fines – sources | Reuters

The logo of Google is seen on a building at La Defense business and financial district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comBRUSSELS, June 13 (Reuters) – Alphabet unit Google (GOOGL.O), Facebook , Twitter (TWTR.N) and other tech companies will have to take measures to counter deepfakes and fake accounts on their platforms or risk hefty fines under an updated EU code of practice, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.The European Commission will publish the updated code of practice on disinformation on Thursday as part of its crackdown against fake news, the people said.Introduced in 2018, the voluntary code will now become a co-regulation scheme, with responsibility shared between the regulators and the signatories to the code.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comThe updated code will spell out more examples of manipulative behaviour such as deepfakes and fake accounts which the signatories will have to tackle, the people said.Deepfakes are hyperrealistic forgeries created by computer techniques that have triggered alarm worldwide in particular when they are used in a political context.The code will also be linked to tough new EU rules known as the Digital Services…
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