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EU pressures X for internal data to investigate ‘hate speech’ and ‘disinformation’

Under the new Digital Services Act, the EU is demanding internal data from X in order to investigate what it calls ‘hate speech’ and ‘disinformation,’ raising concerns over censorship and freedom of speech.

Analysis

Didi Rankovic

• Jan 24, 2025

Arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov signals an increasing threat to digital freedom

The message being sent to every tech visionary, journalist, or outspoken citizen is if you don’t play by the new rules, the state will come for you. They’ve got the global mandate to ensure that dissenting voices are silenced, one way or another.

Opinion

Christina Maas

• Aug 28, 2024Aug 28, 2024

Supreme Court justices express concerns over state laws preventing social media censorship

The laws currently being considered require an end to shadow banning and banning of accounts belonging to people running for political office, as well as moderation policy disclosures.

News

Didi Rankovic

• Mar 4, 2024Mar 4, 2024

How strict EU online censorship laws could stifle free speech in America

Global social media firms prioritize international standards over regional ones. Consequently, US free speech, protected by the First Amendment, may be indirectly affected by foreign laws.

Analysis

Didi Rankovic

• Feb 13, 2024Feb 28, 2024

The EU’s long-term plan to criminalize ‘hate speech’ and ‘disinformation’

European Union bureaucrats have proposed to expand the definition of ‘EU crimes’ to include ill-defined ‘hate crimes’ and ‘hate speech.’

Analysis

Didi Rankovic

• Feb 5, 2024Feb 5, 2024

Ireland to play key role in enforcing EU’s pro-censorship Digital Services Act

The draconian 'Digital Services Act' will compel regulators to target 'disinformation.' One Swedish MEP warned it 'leaves power in the hands of arbitrary tech giants' and argued, 'What is legal to express publicly in the streets and on squares should also be legal online.'

News

Paul Bennett

• Oct 25, 2023Oct 26, 2023

Democrat senator echoes EU in demanding Big Tech censor ‘misinformation’ on Israel-Hamas war

The turbulent situation between Israel and Hamas was recently seized upon by Democratic Senator Michael Bennet as another pretext to launch an offensive against the digital landscape.

News

Cindy Harper

• Oct 23, 2023Oct 26, 2023

Elon Musk slams leftist rating group NewsGuard as ‘scam’ that ‘should be disbanded immediately’

Musk responded to a post on X, formerly Twitter, by a former Trump State Department official who pointed to the connection between NewsGuard and the European Union's new 'disinformation code,' the Digital Services Act.

News

Andreas Wailzer

• Oct 20, 2023Oct 20, 2023

Elon Musk denies report that X will pull out of the EU due to censorship laws

'Yet another utterly false Business Insider. They are not a real publication,' Musk wrote on X, formerly Twitter, following a report that the company would be ceasing operating in the EU over its draconian censorship laws.

News

Andreas Wailzer

• Oct 19, 2023Oct 19, 2023

World Economic Forum report defines ‘hate speech’ and ‘misinformation’ for Big Tech

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has repeatedly shown interest in coming up with a variety of essential standards that should, from its point of view, be universally accepted and implemented as the last word on any of these subjects.

Opinion

Didi Rankovic

• Sep 6, 2023

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EU pressures X for internal data to investigate ‘hate speech’ and ‘disinformation’

The EU’s long-term plan to criminalize ‘hate speech’ and ‘disinformation’

Elon Musk slams leftist rating group NewsGuard as ‘scam’ that ‘should be disbanded immediately’

Elon Musk denies report that X will pull out of the EU due to censorship laws