EU: Lawmakers call for tougher EU disinformation laws in wake of US riots organized by Pro-Trump supporters like QAnon - by Samuel Stolton and Philipp Grüll

In Brussels, MEPs have been quick to condemn the role that social media platforms have played in mobilising a community capable of carrying out the violent scenes that hit Washington, with the dissemination of conspiratorial material running rife across platforms.

“The riots in Washington have in large part been fuelled by online conspiracy theories so successful they have completely subverted the trust of many Americans in basic democratic institutions,” said Kris Peeters a Belgian centre-right MEP, who led an initiative report on the Digital Services Act and fundamental rights last year.

Alex Agius Saliba, a socialist MEP who led a text last year on the Digital Services Act for the Parliament’s internal market committee, said the EU’s landmark law needs to look more closely at the spread of false content.Note: organisations like QAnon and similar populist. ultra right wing conspiracy theorists.

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