ARTICLE 19 and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) jointly submitted a response to a consultation process by the European Commission (‘the Commission’) for input to their ‘Guidelines for Providers of Very Large Online Platforms and Very Large Online Search Engines on the Mitigation of Systemic Risks for Electoral Processes’. In the submission, we recognise the significant responsibility that platforms have during elections due to their influence over the information space and make several key recommendations that promote a human-rights-based approach and emphasise the need to focus on the risks stemming from the platforms’ own systems and processes.
