European Commission establishes High-Level Group on fake news and online disinformation

The European Commission has appointed 39 experts to the High-Level Group on fake news and online disinformation. The experts come from a variety of backgrounds, including civil society, social media companies, news media organisations, and academia. The experts will advise the Commission on ‘scoping the phenomenon of fake news, defining the roles and responsibilities of relevant stakeholders, grasping the international dimension, taking stock of the positions at stake, and formulating recommendations’.