Sophisticated disinformation campaigns are running rampant as EU voters head to the polls, despite efforts to clamp down on such content
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Within this hybrid approach, it is often difficult to separate disinformation from legitimate political speech, according to Chloe Colliver, head of the digital research unit at the Institute of Strategic Dialogue, a London-based think tank that tracks extremism online. "We recognize that some people think we should remove everything," said Richard Allan, Facebook's chief lobbyist in Europe, who conceded the company has yet to publicly disclose any successful efforts it had taken to thwart digital campaigns focused on misleading European voters."But we have concerns about removing everything during a political election.
"Creating something out of nothing is really hard," said Ben Nimmo, a disinformation expert at The Atlantic Council."It's a lot easier to amplify existing content."
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