“Fact-checking” to tackle “fake news”

How to counter «fake news», the false information deliberately disseminated with the aim of deceiving, harming, or influencing? The Economic, Social, and Environmental Council has drawn up an opinion on “Fake news, from misinformation to access to proven and available information”, presented on Wednesday, February 15. The phenomenon is not new, but it has increased with the democratization of new information and communication tools, to such an extent that “false information circulates six times faster than the real one!”