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The state department has barred five Europeans from the US, accusing them of leading efforts to pressure tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints, in the latest attack on European regulations that target hate speech and misinformation.

Secretary of state Marco Rubio said the five people targeted with visa bans – who include former European Commissioner Thierry Breton – have led “organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose.”

In recent months, Trump officials have ordered US diplomats to build opposition to the European Union’s landmark Digital Services Act (DSA), which is intended to combat hateful speech, misinformation and disinformation, but which Washington says stifles free speech and imposes costs on US tech companies.

Late on Tuesday night, Breton posted on social media: “Is McCarthy’s witch hunt back?”

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[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 44 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The EU should bar Elon and everyone involved with the heritage foundation in response.

(They openly call for the destruction of the EU and have no business visiting Europe without any additional scrutiny when trying to obtain a visa)

[–] HowRu68@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

The EU really should.

[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

Our politicians should really stop pretending that the US is an ally. They haven't been for a long time, but the current regime is so corrupt and utterly unscrupulous that it's impossible to reach any kind of agreement with them. The Epstein story alone proves this, not to mention the cold-blooded murders of Venezuelan citizens in violation of international law, the blackmail with tariffs, all the Nazi-Shit and so on and so forth - this nation is a banana republic led by organized crime and our politicians should treat it as such.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 day ago

So the EU should draw the right conclusion and regulate tech even more effectively.

[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 4 points 19 hours ago

This is proof positive that the EU is doing the right thing.

[–] ol_capt_joe@piefed.ee 1 points 1 day ago