EU Prepares to Fine Elon Musk’s X Up to $1 Billion
European Union regulators are preparing to fine Elon Musk's X up to $1 billion for breaking its notorious Digital Services Act in a move likely to ratchet up tensions with the United States.
Tag: Digital Services Act
Questioning Covid and Climate Change is “Seditious” Says Britain’s New Chief Censor
Questioning the deadliness of Covid and climate change is "seditious", according to Lord Richard Allan, the UK's new chief censor under the Online Safety Act. 1984 was supposed to be fiction, says Laurie Wastell.
State-Funded ‘Anti-Hate’ Organisation Run by Islamic Scholar Becomes Germany’s First Official Internet Censor
A state-funded 'anti-hate' organisation run by an Islamic scholar has become Germany's first official internet censor, empowered under the Digital Services Act to all but compel websites to delete the 'fake news' it flags.
Eurocrats Are Having a Very Big Sad About Twitter Right Now
The EU's crackdown on X/Twitter under Musk reveals a troubling shift in European liberalism, argues Eugyppius. What they call safeguarding democracy is really just a ploy to muzzle critics and protect their own egos.
Inside the EU’s War on Free Speech
Is Elon Musk a hypocrite for publicly challenging the EU’s new online censorship regime while quietly removing tweets that fall foul of the EU’s Digital Services Act? No, says Thomas Fazi in UnHerd.
Husband of Dissident MEP Found Dead in Palermo
The husband of a dissident MEP, who opposed vaccine passports, the Digital Services Act and Western support for Ukraine, was found dead on Saturday, apparently murdered.
Murthy v. Missouri is a Distraction From the Real Threat to Freedom of Speech
Murthy v. Missouri, the Supreme Court case challenging Government censorship during the COVID-19 pandemic, is a distraction from the real threat to Americans' freedom of speech, says Robert Kogon.
EU Accused of “Taking a Page Out of Orwell’s 1984” with the Creation of “Ministries of Truth” that will “Ensure “Wrong Thoughts are not Allowed”
The European Union has been accused of creating Orwellian "ministries of truth" that will ensure wrong thoughts are not allowed in a bid to tackle disinformation online.
The EU’s Censorship Regime is About to Go Global
Large platforms like X and Facebook are now required to be compliant with the EU's draconian Digital Services Act, which appears set to become the global standard and enable the European Commission to censor the internet.
The Digital Services Act Will Give the EU Sweeping New Censorship Powers, Forcing X and Facebook to Remove Content that Challenges Mass Migration, Transgender Ideology or Net Zero
The Digital Services Act comes into force today, empowering the EU to force social media companies to take down 'disinformation', including "gender and sexuality" content that's "part of a wider 'anti-woke' narrative".
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