Why We’ll Have to Wait a Long Time for Lockdown Mea Culpas
2 January 2025
by Joanna Gray
DOGE U.K. – and Other Hopes and Dreams for 2025
1 January 2025
The EU has issued its first list of platforms that will be subject to 'content moderation' requirements. Surprisingly, they include Amazon, Apple and Wikipedia. What censorship does the EU have planned for them?
“Who’s to say that something is misinformation?” Musk asked the BBC interviewer. Good question. But it seems Musk's answer is the European Union, as he continues to be a member of its 'Disinformation Task-force'.
To meet its climate goals, the EU needs to make new investments in renewable energy. But to transition away from Russian oil, it needs to upgrade its fossil fuel infrastructure. Either way, energy will cost more.
The EU has announced a complete embargo on Russian oil. But buying less oil from Russia will mean buying more from Saudi Arabia – a country that's been bombing civilians in Yemen for the last seven years.
Ursula von der Leyen has called for discussion and deliberation to begin on whether to impose an E.U. wide mandatory vaccination law.
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