How the EU’s Ceuta Invasion Censorship Protocol Went Global

SUMMARY The European Commission pressured Meta and TikTok to increase monitoring and cooperate with fact-checkers following the mass crossing of migrants into the Spanish territory of Ceuta. The platforms activated “crisis protocols” and established an ad hoc escalation mechanism involving the Commission, Europol and fact-checkers. Meta placed warnings above searches for “Ceuta,” directing users towards…