Elon Musk’s announced “general amnesty” week has come and gone and there has been no sign of any amnesty at all. In particular, none of the – on Twitter’s own count – 11,230 accounts that have been suspended for violating the platform’s “COVID-19 misinformation” policy appear to have been restored.
Many have been wondering why the announced ‘amnesty’ has not occurred. But the answer is obvious. The European Union vetoed it.
“The people have spoken. Amnesty begins next week. Vox Populi, Vox Dei,” Musk famously tweeted after an online poll he had posted resulted in a landslide in favor of ‘amnesty’. But the European Commission evidently believes in a different God.
Thus, on November 30th, just two days after the amnesty was supposed to have gotten underway, the EU’s Internal Market Commissioner, Thierry Breton, posted an eerie five-second clip on Twitter, showing a grim, stone-faced Musk on a video monitor being lectured by Breton, who is himself comfortably seated in a Brussels office on the backdrop of the EU flag.
I welcome @elonmusk's intent to get Twitter 2.0 ready for the #DSA
— Thierry Breton (@ThierryBreton) November 30, 2022
Huge work ahead still — as Twitter will have to implement transparent user policies, significantly reinforce content moderation and tackle disinformation.
Looking forward to seeing progress in all these areas. pic.twitter.com/Nc7sGlb9YL
We cannot hear what Breton is telling Musk, since the clip has been posted without audio. The video conference appears to have taken place earlier on the same day.
The accompanying tweet reads: “I welcome @elonmusk‘s intent to get Twitter 2.0 ready for the #DSA Huge work ahead still – as Twitter will have to implement transparent user policies, significantly reinforce content moderation and tackle disinformation. Looking forward to seeing progress in all these areas.”
The “DSA” is the EU’s recently adopted Digital Services Act. As discussed in my earlier article here, the DSA threatens “very large” online platforms like Twitter with ruinous fines of up to 6% of global turnover if they fail to comply with what the European Commission construes as their obligations under the EU’s so-called Code of Practice on Disinformation. The main focus of the ‘Code’ for the last two-plus years has been a “Fighting COVID-19 Disinformation Monitoring Programme”, which was instituted under it.
For further details on what exactly the EU Commission is demanding of Musk and Twitter to demonstrate compliance, Breton coyly links to a Mastodon thread containing a “DSA Checklist.” Item no. 3 (see below) amounts to a not-so-subtle reprimand of Musk for having proposed a general amnesty and, in particular, for having done so on the basis of the ‘Vox Populi, Vox Dei‘ principle. It calls merely for “appeal procedures for banned accounts” – i.e. no ‘amnesty’, whether general or partial – and insists: “Content policies have to be applied consistently and based on objective criteria (e.g. not via a poll).”
Item no. 1 demands that Musk and Twitter “reinforce content moderation” – a.k.a. censorship – and somehow, in the manner of squaring the circle, “protect freedom of speech” at the same time. Note that Breton’s tweet and the introductory post to his Mastodon thread both indeed call on Musk to “significantly reinforce content moderation”, thus making clear that the Commission not only disapproves of the prospect of banned accounts being restored, but also of the relatively more laissez-faire attitude that Musk has thus far adopted toward current users.
But perhaps most tellingly, Breton’s introductory post notes his satisfaction at hearing that Musk “has read [the Digital Services Act] carefully” – highly unlikely given the length and complexity of the legislation – “and considers it as a sensible approach to implement on a worldwide basis”. The emphasis is mine.
This is to say that the EU’s censorship requirements are to be applied not only within the EU itself, but globally. As discussed in my previous article, unbeknownst to most of the rest of the world, this is in fact what is happening, including in the United States, where any such legally-required abridgment of freedom of speech is obviously incompatible not only with the spirit, but also with the letter of the First Amendment.
Breton’s complete set of demands can be read here.
Robert Kogon is a pen name for a widely-published financial journalist, translator and researcher working in Europe. Follow him at Twitter here and read his Substack here. This article was first published by the Brownstone Institute.
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That is the billion dollar question
What is weird is that I found this article via Twitter. It isn’t on the DS home page. What I see on the home page though are 2 identical article links to the crown jewels Roger Watson article. Hmmm….It’s because I was slagging off the spying spooks isn’t it? lol
I don’t understand this Mogs.
Do you mean my post? Just earlier this article wasn’t here on the home page. I could only access it via an external link from someone’s Twitter page. Must’ve just been yet another mystery glitch.
Oh I see.
I must admit the Crown Jewels article appeared as a double entry most of the afternoon.
Probably just that the homepage hadn’t been updated when the article was added to the site.
Good article. Just immensely frustrated it’s still only in publications likes of the Daily Sceptic and TCW and not in publications like The Telegraph yet. We know why of course.
It is quite incredible, isn’t it, that the Telegraph have been meticulous in their investigations and exposure of the various other scandals, like the Lockdown Files, the Twitter Files, Party Gate, Snog Gate, etc. but is silent on vax harms. I am now firmly of the opinion that if you find some significant development to be true, while at the same time we get radio silence in the mainstream about the same topic, you can be certain there’s some cover up going on further up the “chain of command”.
Why aren’t they investigating why their policy is killing people? I wonder.
It’s a mystery, isn’t it…
Why investigate when you already know the answer.
You may recall recently I posted about the new ‘SKYCovian’ Covid jab that has been authorized by the MHRA, and I was wondering why it stated on the gov website that it was to be a ”primary vaccine”. Fortunately Prof Fenton has looked at this in more detail and it is supposed to be for developing countries. So why is the MHRA giving it the go-ahead? Because it will also be used on the British public but they just won’t know what they’re getting. The short 2min vid he shares has more info. Prof Fenton reveals some concerning findings and I’m glad he’s going to challenge June Raine on this and raise these issues;
”You state that this vaccine was approved “after meeting the MHRA’s required safety, quality and effectiveness standards”. Yet your own guidance document makes clear that there is no efficacy data, and minimal safety data for this vaccine. So what exactly are the required safety, quality and effectivness standard?
As the vaccine is primarily intended for people previously unvaccinated why did you authorise its use for a country like the UK that is highly vaccinated?
Are you dispensing the vaccine to already vaccinated people in the UK? if so what studies have been performed to show that it is safe and effective to be used in people previously vaccinated with AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna and other vaccine combinations?
As the vaccine is licensed to over 18’s, and appears to be not recommended to women who are pregnant or breast feeding, what information do you have about the effect of the vaccine on women who become pregnant some time after vaccination?
What information do you have about the impact on sperm count of men who receive this vaccine?
What studies have been performed on the sensitivity to safety and efficacy of the different dose accuracies that will inevitably result from the complex mixing process?
Did the change of role of the MHRA from regulator to enabler impact your decision to authorise this vaccine?”
https://wherearethenumbers.substack.com/p/the-new-skycovion-vaccine-more-questions
First I have heard of SKYCovian, despite living in a developing country. Vaccine uptake here is minuscule, even if you want it most has expired or has been returned to sender. Couldn’t give it away to the rest of Africa. It’s over folks.
You are on the Billy and Klaus ‘to do pile.’
Probably because a lot of Africa hasn’t wanted the death jabs and fared better as a result. However, I noted that there are some mini mRNA factories en route to, think it was Uganda…or was it Kenya, somewhere in Africa anyway, courtesy of BioNTech.
Oops, it was Rwanda;
https://merylnass.substack.com/p/more-on-the-mini-vaccine-factories
The government is refusing to investigate because it will reveal their culpability
The following is from Dr Sam White’s Telegram channel & relates to a friend of his’ experience at a large A&E in East Birmingham UK. Bear in mind that the population in this particular area has a relatively young demographic overall & life expectancy lower than the UK average.
“These stories are very sad indeed. My recent visit to A&E was a stark reminder that so many healthy people who got jabbed and suddenly and unexpectedly died. During my recent 6 hour stint at Heartlands Hospital Accident and Emergency Department following my recent freak accident on the golf course. I was tended initially by 2 nurses. When they asked me what I did work wise and I told them that I coached a lot of doctors, scientists and lawyers who have been censored, de-platformed and suspended for speaking the truth. They wanted to know more so we talked about the experimental mRNA jabs, one nurse said that she had got one jab only and regretted it and that she had been bullied and coerced into this. The other nurse told me that she was also being bullied to get it, so she managed to book some holiday time she was owed off, when she returned the NHS mandate policy had been reversed and that way she avoided being jabbed. I asked if they had seen a lot of ‘jab related injuries’ they said ‘lots’ but a lot of the doctors were still in denial and most of the injuries were not being linked to the jabs. They told me that over half the nurses in their hospital were awake! Later, I got chatting to the doctor who stitched up my head wound and had a similar conversation. She told me she was looking to retire early because of the recent excess stress. She said “I am stressed out by seeing 3 to 4 young men every week with sudden, often fatal heart issues! Before the covid jabs we would see 3 to 4 young men with cardiac issues in a whole year, now it is every week!” She had a tear in her eye as she spoke and I gave her a hug. “Please finish writing your book and help the new leaders we need, I have a young son and I want him to have a future.” It was very moving. I told her I would and I thanked her for stitching up my head as I left.”
Bloody hell. That brought a lump to the throat.
It’s a tough read. I used to work that community patch, young strokes in that age range were incredibly rare so would fit with the low numbers pre bioweapon injection quoted by the awake doctor.
Hang on, she’s seeing cardiac issues in young men up from about 1 per quarter to 52 per quarter! So a 50 times increase?!
And presumely these young men were jabbed some time ago, so these numbers indicate the damage that is building up over time.
It’s horrendous. This indicates that a 44% increase in heart deaths is a gross underestimate for this part of Birmingham.
But why are they not speaking up? Why this continued wall of silence?
If the health professionals are not speaking up, what are they doing? Continuing to vaccinate, whilst not vaccinating themselves?
The mind boggles.
Myra those are really pertinent questions which I’d love to have the answers for. Some may be raising questions, sowing seeds by asking awkward questions. The fact that more staff are waking up is a positive thing. Change can only come about when there is a critical mass in favour of the change.
The biggest problem is the management who will be right behind the evil agenda.
Because medicine is a ‘Guild’. The Guild is controlled by a relatively small club of Senior Consultants and Professors, who think with one mind. They are at the top of the ladder, no further to go except to retire with a knighthood and maybe become an ‘advisor’ to Government or Big Pharma, and so will happily brown-nose the Government goons and support whatever the official narrative is.
The medical profession has been captured by the pharmaceutical industry, which lavishes billions on its members in grants for research, grants to attend conferences, support and help to write and have published papers (essential to have on your CV when applying for a new position), money for local meetings and sponsorship for larger conferences, donations for and gifts of equipment particularly for private practitioners. In return for these Earthly rewards, all they have to do is sign over their soul to the Devil.
The path up the career ladder depends entirely on the good graces of these few. Any junior doctor, registrar who does not toe the official line will not be allowed to advance. Nursing is different as the profession is not controlled by a handful of higher-ups.
The same is true for science, which is why although there is great deal of dissent about the climate change scam, all but a few dare speak out.
A friend’s brother-in-law works in a large hospital in Liverpool. She told me he has said they are seeing a huge increase in myocarditis cases.
It’s so sad. These live needlessly damaged or lost because of a psychopathic reign of terror unleashed by the government & Parliament, the defence of the people being one of it’s primary stated objectives…. They failed abjectly at that.
“The Office for Health Improvements and Disparities reports that heart failure deaths…”
WTF are these lot and who gave birth to them?
“Mike Batayeh, known for playing the manager of a laundromat turned meth lab in Breaking Bad, has died aged 52, US media reported.
The actor and comedian’s family told TMZ he died at home in Michigan in his sleep on 1 June after a heart attack.
Batayeh did not have a history of heart issues, according to the family, describing his death as very sudden.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65851444
There seems to be quite a lot of famous people dying much younger than expected for no apparent reason.
When I finished watching the Belgian series Public Enemy on Netflix ( 3 series in total ), at the end they showed that three of the cast members had died. I searched to see what I could find, all of them were in their 50s and I could only find the cause of death of one which was a heart attack. You occasionally might watch a series and see one ”In memory of..” because a person from the show died but I’ve never seen three, especially only in their 50s. Call me paranoid but whenever anyone dies suddenly or decades before the expected end of their life I always think the obvious but the problem is this particular detail is never disclosed publicly is it, so we’re just left wondering.
Dr Peter McCullough explains that two danger points for the jabbed are adrenaline-related activities (which is why so many professional sportsmen have keeled over) and for anyone it’s the the stage of sleep when you are starting to wake up and the body is preparing, naturally, for increased activity.
It’s a ticking time-bomb every time you go to sleep.
Let me get this straight folks..
So we know the vaccines are a kill job (Moderna patent on key part of SARS-COV-2 granted in 2016, evidence of gain of function research via EcoHealth Alliance).
We know they knew what they were doing (serious adverse events at a rate of 1 in 800 per Pfizer’s own clinical research data).
So we know they are murderers. Sick. Psychopaths. Evil.
And we now expect to do what, reveal to the population that they are heinous criminals?
By the way, anyone in the ‘oh no this was a cock-up and not a conspiracy, there’s no plan’ – please do challenge any of the above, by all means.
In short – our own governments have plotted to murder us. Us and our children.
We are at war with the deep state.
“We are at war with the deep state.”
I and one or two others on here have been banging this drum for many months.
My default assumption now is that any announcement or policy that emanates from the state and its cronies is designed to or likely to harm me and my family
Absolutely agree.
That’s a pretty sound position to take tof. I also take the view that any announcement from the state or its cronies will be lies.
Yes. We are at war, have been for some considerable time – The People v the Government.
Those in Government know this which is why the programme of fear where we are moved from one potential doom to the next to distract us, and why the media has been co-opted to broadcast and amplify the message and why any dissent is silenced.
Unfortunately not enough of the People realise their Government allied with a global coalition is waging war on them… but there is some hope, as more and more are waking up.
Sound like a conspiracy theory? We’ll see.
5th generation warfare, we don’t even know who the enemy is.
Oh we do alright.
Anyone who actively promotes and facilitates the Net Zero / CBDC / Digital ID / Covid pass / Facial recognition / Social credit score agenda is an enemy and wants to completely subjugate and exterminate us.
Why else would they be giving a bio-weapon to millions of innocent people?
Add Universal Basic Income, 5G & LED street lighting to your excellent summary list.
Add in unifrog, a ghastly personal data logger school children are forced to sign up to, school records databases and university loans, a treasure trove of data, surveillance and tracking.
Government.
Cock-up is one off incident; conspiracy is serial incidents. Twice is coincidence, thrice is conspiracy.
https://www.farminguk.com/news/dairy-farmers-urged-to-look-out-for-heat-stress-as-temperatures-soar_62765.html
Won’t be long now and we’ll have cows dying of Sudden Cardiac Arrest.
NFU are also now insuring against “heat stress.”
Jesus wept. So what do they do with their herds over in India, Africa..basically all of the places in the world that are consistently hotter than the UK? Talk about insulting people’s intelligence..
You couldn’t make this shyte up Mogs.
Direct Energy Weapons being used against livestock? That’s what 5G is…. It’s what those nasty LED street lights are too. Slowly raise the temperature to cause harm, like the frog being slowly boiled.
Wondered why they were so busy building 5G towers in rural areas during lockdown?
Foot and Mouth or another outbreak of BSE.
https://www.farminguk.com/news/elon-musk-slams-irish-climate-plan-to-cull-thousands-of-cows_62721.html
Who knew about this?
Elon Musk has come out in favour of Irish farmers and has condemned the slaughter of their herds.
Welcome news.
Please don’t fall for this Musk guff.
I know what you mean but for now this is good news.
I have no doubt Musk is for Musk. However, any contrary voice against the chaos and madness is welcome.
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/migration-watch-hero-deserves-all-the-support-we-can-give/
Alp Mehmet’s Migration Watch and his petition calling on the government to get a grip of the scandal that is Bliar’s legacy.
I’m sure we can all get behind this.
Dr Peter McCullough explains why, here:
https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/dr-mccullough-testifies-in-the-pennsylvania?r=ylgqf&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
The Government knows full well what’s happening, and why. But it doesn’t dare admit the cause, any more than the US, Australian, NZ or Canadian Governments will, who are experiencing similar levels of excess mortality.
Sanctimonious tosh puts it far too kindly. It’s a view taken by a load of cowardly lickspittles who are doing everything they can to hide their liability for killing people.
If you already know the answer, why would you investigate?
Why is the Govt refusing to investigate? Because those in Govt, past and still, their lackeys and cronies in Big Pharma would have to take the blame and most likely criminal prosecution.
Why do you ask?
Put these 4 pieces of logic together:
… And what is the most obvious conclusion we can come to? I won’t insult anyone’s intelligence by revealing the answer!