Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
The European Parliament warned against the consequences of spreading false "misleading" news and called for caution to avoid repercussions. This came on the occasion of the International Day of Fact-Finding
  The European Parliament said in a tweet on Twitter today, Sunday, "False or misleading content does not work unless no one checks it. Today is the International Day for Fact-Finding. Spread facts, not fiction."
The European Parliament re-published a publication that it had previously published years ago and came under the title How to discover when the news is fake and called for the need to publish this publication on all social media and stated in it, "False news" and disinformation - information that is deliberately manipulated with the aim of deceiving people An increasingly visible global phenomenon.Social media and its personalization tools have made it easier to spread fake stories.
They often use sentiment to get attention and generate clicks, for economic or ideological reasons. Even young, digitally savvy people have a hard time identifying manipulated news. Remarkably, six out of ten news items shared on social media are not read first by the user who shared them.
  About 85% of Europeans see "fake news" as a problem in their country, and 83% see it as a problem for democracy in general. This compass will help you navigate the ocean of information and find your way through waves of lies and misinformation.
The post, which was published in February 2019, concluded by saying, “This is a revised version of a ‘at-a-glance’ note published in March 2017.