Google, Facebook and Twitter will have to ban fake montage videos as they risk being fined by the EU.

Google, Facebook, Twitter, and other tech companies will need to take action to combat fake video editing and fake accounts on their platforms, or face large fines from the updated code of practice. EU, according to a document provided by Reuters.

The European Commission is expected to publish an updated code of practice on misinformation last Thursday as part of the fight against fake news, reports

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Initially introduced in 2018, the "voluntary code" will become a co-regulation scheme, with responsibilities which will be shared between the regulators and the signatories of this code, Telegrafi reports.

The updated code also includes examples of manipulations such as those with fake video editing and fake accounts, manipulations that the signatories of this code will have to stop.

Code signatories will need to accept, enforce and enforce clear policies against manipulative "behaviors" and practices in the services they provide, based on recent evidence found in behaviors, tactics ", techniques and procedures that have been done by malicious people," the document read.

Fake montage videos are super realistic fakes made by some computer applications, videos which have raised an alarm all over the globe, especially now that they have even started to be used in the political context.

/ Telegraphy /