Crisis in Ceuta completes a week still without answers The European Union asked this Friday (7) that the Meta Platforms and TikTok platforms intensify content monitoring and strengthen fact checking after the increase in the flow of migrants in Ceuta, a Spanish territory in North Africa, last week. The European Commissioner for Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, Henna Virkkunen, stated that the European Commission spoke to the two companies and called for stricter measures to contain the spread of false information in times of crisis. More than 70,000 people crossed from Morocco to the Spanish city of Ceuta, triggering a humanitarian crisis and altering regional diplomacy Getty Images "Monitoring must be intensified, and cooperation with fact-checkers strengthened," Virkkunen said. According to her, platforms need to "act decisively to preserve the integrity of the digital space, especially during crisis situations." What is the origin of the alliance between the US and Morocco — and what role does it play in the Ceuta migration crisis? The EU has increased pressure on large digital platforms to comply with rules to combat disinformation provided for in European legislation.