A group of tech companies including Google, Facebook and Mozilla have agreed to abide by new standards set out by the European Commission in the battle against the dissemination of fake news across the EU. It is the first time worldwide that industry agrees, on a voluntary basis, to self-regulatory standards to fight disinformation. Representatives of the media and civil society however have criticised the code for its lacks of common approach and of compliance or enforcement tools and hence possibility to monitor the implementation process.