The EU is trying to destroy the First Amendment. It is an attack on the United States. Greg Lukianoff of FIRE quotes this article by the Editors of The Free Press:
“The stated reasons for the fine are a lack of transparency, a violation of advertising rules, and misleading users with “deceptive” design. The real reasons have little to do with those allegations, and everything to do with the kind of speech the EU wants to suppress: perspectives that have not been filtered through bureaucrats, academics, or media professionals; views that go against the received wisdom of policymakers; and views that have not been vetted and found to be acceptable by governments. Any company that utters the wrong kind of speech should now know that the meter is running.”
Mike Benz has been explaining that the actions of the EU must be considered a direct assault on the lives of all Americans:
This is the day I’ve warned the Trump Admin every day for 7 years would come, since 2018’s EU Disinfo Code, to 2019 when the DSA was floated in concept, to 2020 when it became a formal draft EU law while I was at State, to its 2022 adoption, to its 2025 mandatory Disinfo Code.
I keep telling you exactly what to do and exactly what bad things will happen next if you think you can ignore this and not do anything, and each thing I keep saying will happen next literally keeps happening next and happening exactly as I told you it would if you didn’t act.
How could anyone in the admin be surprised the EU censorship law would fine/extort X ??? That’s WHY they made the law, whose enforcement teeth JUST kicked in this summer! This is like letting a flesh-eating cannibal sleep on your chest then being surprised it bit your heart
My lovely DC policymakers who are doing so much good, this €120M fine is N-O-T-H-I-N-G compared to what happens in 2026, 2027, 2028 if this — the first fine — isn’t smacked the fuck out of the air hard, mercilessly and with a message. Is @USAmbEU briefed enough to be armed?
BTW, what has Hillary Clinton been up to? Jonathan Turley explains:
Heritage Foundation exposes Hillary Clinton was directly behind getting the European Union to use their Digital Services Act to pressure Elon Musk and America back into censorship
Hillary Clinton flew overseas for a meeting to facilitate this against America
“They (The European Union) gathered in Berlin, and it was the most anti-free speech gathering I’ve ever been part of — Hillary Clinton was there, and she really fueled the anger.
When Twitter was purchased by Elon Musk, she called on the EU to use the infamous Digital Services Act, which is one of the most anti-free speech pieces of legislation in decades. And she called upon the EU to use the DSA (Digital Services Act) to force the censorship of American citizens, force people like Musk to censor.
It’s an extraordinary act by someone who was once a presidential candidate”
- Law professor Jonathan Turley
Michael Shellenberger reports at Public:
The European Commission says it wants to protect free speech but admits it will decide what Google, Facebook, and X censor. And now, Public has discovered that the EU’s top censorship official is a former French defense contractor specializing in mass spying and censorship.
In seeking sweeping censorship of much of the Internet, including major Big Tech platforms like Google, Facebook, and X, formerly Twitter, a spokesman for the European Commission yesterday insisted that it wants to “ensure a safe and fair online environment for European citizens that is respectful of their rights, in particular freedom of expression.”
But according to X owner Elon Musk, the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, is trying to force X to hire hundreds of content moderators to censor speech. The Commission “offered 𝕏 an illegal secret deal,” said Musk, “if we quietly censored speech without telling anyone, they would not fine us.”
“The other platforms accepted that deal,” said Musk, “𝕏 did not.”
The European Commission’s spokesman said, “The DSA requires a fair and transparent complaint mechanism for users. If an account is suspended, the user has the right to contest the decision. This means that decisions must not be arbitrary, and users are empowered to protect their online presence… When an account is restricted, the user must be informed and has the right to appeal the decision.”
But the spokesperson’s statement confirms Musk’s claim that the Commission is seeking to remove from X, Facebook, Google, and other Internet companies from the power to decide who and what is censored. As such, the EU is demanding mass government censorship.
