Companies such as Facebook and Google have already started to clamp down on fake news. However, Facebook continues to be heavily criticized in Berlin, for failing to deal with racist hate speech on its news feeds. In response, the social media giant is implementing new filtering tools tailored specifically for Germany, which include using a third-party fact checker.

Nadine Schoen, a senior CDU MP and one of the politicians directly involved in the CDU fake news action plan, does not think that companies like Facebook go far enough.

"The platform operators have simply not established the necessary mechanisms that allow for fake news stories to be investigated promptly and to help those affected find legal redress,"she told the Financial Times.

A fake news white paper published by news aktuell earlier this week showed that 68 percent of Germans have come across fake news from traditional media or social media in the last 12 months, and 63 percent of Germans use the internet as a main source for the news.

The paper also raises concerns about the speed at which news can be shared on social media through likes and shares, without any barriers or application of traditional journalism standards. It warns that any solution to curbing fake news must be rigorously tested to be able to effectively control the pandemic.

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