Romania\u2019s minister of research, innovation, and digitalization, Bogdan Ivan,\u00a0 announced on Friday, May 17, the launch of the #nofake platform through which inappropriate content on social media can be reported.<\/p>\n
The platform will target digital fakes, defamatory content, disinformation, and manipulation. It can be accessed on the ministry website at Mcid.gov.ro\/nofake.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“The #nofake platform will function as a contact point for analysis requests from Romanians regarding digital fakes, defamatory content, disinformation, and online manipulation. I thank our private sector partners \u2013 Google, Meta, and TikTok \u2013 for their efforts so far. They have managed to implement very efficient systems that block a substantial part of deepfake content even before publication,\u201d said Bogdan Ivan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis new reporting mechanism will work complementarily with the efforts so far and with the reporting tools that each social network already offers. The #nofake platform will ensure the rapid reporting and analysis of those few materials that might pass through the filters implemented by each social network until now,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The #nofake platform will function as a temporary reporting channel in 2024 and aims to ensure the integrity of democratic elections at local, national, presidential, and European levels, according to the ministry.<\/p>\n