13 European News Agencies Unite Against Fake News

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13 European news agencies unite against fake news

The European news agencies Tuesday agreed to cooperate against fake news in an international conference held in the Albanian capital Tirana, Anadolu reported.

BELGRADE, Serbia, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 11th Dec, 2018 ) :The European news agencies Tuesday agreed to cooperate against fake news in an international conference held in the Albanian capital Tirana, Anadolu reported.

Hosted by the Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA) on Dec. 3-4, heads of news agencies highlighted the necessity of coping with the global phenomenon of fake news in the conference titled News Agencies vs. Fake News.

According to ATA, they pointed out that new technologies enable the rapid spread of fake, confusing news that infringe basic human freedom, such as the right to information.

The heads of the participating agencies laid emphasis on the great role that news agencies should take in coping with fake news.

Concluding the event, the participating agencies agreed to sign the "Tirana Declaration".

Anadolu Agency is among the 12 other agencies that signed the declaration.

The joint declaration emphasizes that the agencies have similar views on how they should act in unity, while having regard to the diversity.

Agencies agreed to develop effective tools and rules for empowering internet users and journalists to tackle disinformation, promote trustworthy media and enhance transparency of online news involving consistent development of professional journalism.

The initiators are ATA from Albania, ANA MPA from Greece, HINA from Croatia, BTA from Bulgaria, AZERTAC from Azerbaijan, PAP from Poland, AGERPRES from Romania, TASR from Slovakia, UKRINFORM from Ukraine, CNA from the Greek Cypriot administration, FENA from Bosnia and Herzegovina, TANJUG from Serbia and Anadolu Agency from Turkey.