The EU Code of Conduct
To prevent and counter the spread of illegal hate speech online, in May 2016, the Commission agreed with Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube a “Code of conduct on countering illegal hate speech online”.
In the course of 2018, Instagram, Snapchat and Dailymotion took part to the Code of Conduct, Jeuxvideo.com in January 2019, TikTok in 2020 and LinkedIn 2021. In May and June 2022, respectively, Rakuten Viber and Twitch announced their participation to the Code of Conduct.
On 20 January 2025, the Commission announced the integration of a revised Code of conduct+ on countering illegal hate speech online into the framework of the Digital Services Act. Please visit this page for all information concerning the revised Code of conduct+.
How it performs
The implementation of the Code of Conduct is evaluated through a regular monitoring exercise set up in collaboration with a network of organisations located in the different EU countries. Using a commonly agreed methodology, these organisations test how the IT companies are implementing the commitments in the Code.
Monitoring rounds
- Factsheet - 7th monitoring round of the Code of Conduct
- 6th monitoring (Oct 2021)
- 5th monitoring (Jun 2020)
- 4th monitoring (Dec 2018)
- 3rd monitoring (Dec 2017)
- 2nd monitoring (May 2017)
- 1st monitoring (Dec 2016)
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