The monitoring and reporting programme set out in the Joint Communication “Tackling COVID-19 disinformation - Getting the facts right” is a transparency measure to ensure accountability towards the public of the efforts made by platforms and relevant industry associations to limit online disinformation related to Covid-19.

... Today, we publish baseline reports from Facebook, Google, Microsoft, TikTok, Twitter and Mozilla, which summarise the actions taken by these actors to limit the spread of false and misleading information on their services, covering a period from the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis until 31 July 2020... Overall, they show that the signatories to the Code have stepped up their efforts, compared to the actions taken during the first year of implementation of the Code’s commitments.

... [Platforms] have increased the visibility of authoritative sources by giving prominence to COVID-19 information from the WHO and national health organisations, and by deploying new tools and services to facilitate access to relevant and reliable information relating to the evolution of the crisis.

... The reports also highlight how the platforms have taken action against a vast amount of content containing false or misleading information, in particular by demoting or removing content liable to cause physical harm or impair public health policies, in violation of their terms of service.

Platforms have stepped up their efforts to detect cases of social media manipulation and malign influence operations or coordinated inauthentic behaviour.

... Moreover, the reports highlight robust actions taken to limit the flow of advertising on third-party webpages purveying COVID-19 disinformation, while providing free COVID-related ads space to government and healthcare organisations.