European elections 'face growing threat of manipulation'

Commission says Facebook scandal is 'wake-up call' as it calls for monitoring network

EU governments cannot treat the next year's European parliamentary elections as "business as usual" given the growing risk of foreign and corporate manipulation, according to the European commission.

The scandal over the misuse of Facebook data by Cambridge Analytica and the growing evidence of illegal interference in elections were described by the commission as a "wake-up call" to which national governments had to respond.