Brussels has waded into the dispute between President Donald Trump and Twitter, backing the social media giant's decision to fact-check two tweets by the US leader.
The European Commission's top official on countering disinformation praised Twitter for tagging two claims made by Trump last month about postal ballots in US elections.
The intervention came as the European Union urged web giants – including Twitter, Facebook and Google – to do more to tackle the "massive wave" of harmful online disinformation triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.
Brussels officials said that while social media platforms had taken steps to counter the deluge of misleading healthcare information and conspiracy theories, their efforts were "not good enough".