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EU Censorship Czar Issues Explicit Threat over Trump-Musk Interview

August 13, 2024 This article was posted by TLB Staff GOVERNMENT, MEDIA, Spotlight, Tyranny, WORLD 0

ER Editor: More moves in the game. Trump returns to Twitter, does a long interview with Elon, the EU reacts predictably, and Elon gives Thierry Breton, the UNELECTED EU Commissioner for various things including online digital security, what for in potty mouth style.

First Keir Starmer, along with some UK politicians providing back-up vocals, Sir Mark Rowley and Hamza Yousaf have come to public blows with Elon. Now it’s the EU’s turn to get poorly highlighted in the free speech drama, and beef up public interest on the European side for Trump’s orchestrated return.

A French politician who has stood up for the citizenry before, during and after the Covid lies —

Translation: Excellent reaction of the CEO of X to the attempt of intimidation of the European Commissioner for Censorship Thierry #Breton just before the discussion on X between #Trump and #Musk !  “The European Commission is condescending to the citizens of European countries by suggesting that they are incapable of listening to a conversation and drawing their own conclusions”! That’s exactly it! Censorship and contempt for the intelligence of the people: the sign of the worst totalitarianism! Down with the EU! Long live free France and long live freedom! #Frexit

Zerohedge has run a piece with the X link to the interview. See —

Watch: Trump & Musk ‘Break The Internet’ As EU Censorship Czar Issues Explicit Threat

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More on Thierry Breton, who does indeed have Senegalese citizenship, in addition to French, as well as going through the revolving door of corporate interests and government (see also this tweet – X will translate) —

Translation: European Commissioner Thierry Breton, master of censorship, pays only 5% in taxes… in Senegal! Yes, you are not dreaming: since 2015, Thierry Breton has obtained Senegalese nationality with an arrangement allowing him to pay only 5% in taxes on his more than 20,000 € per month of income from the European Commission.

Is this a guy about to be outed?

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EU threatens Elon Musk over Trump interview

In response, the billionaire told EU Commissioner Thierry Breton to “f**k your own face.”

RT

European Commissioner Thierry Breton has ordered X owner Elon Musk to step up censorship of “harmful content” related to his upcoming interview with former US President Donald Trump, or face a “full toolbox” of legal repercussions.

Musk is set to interview Trump on Monday night, with the conversation airing live on the tech mogul’s X platform. Trump made his long-anticipated return to X earlier on Monday, posting a slew of campaign videos after an almost uninterrupted three-and-a-half year hiatus from the platform.

EU threatens Elon Musk over Trump interview
Thierry Breton gives a press conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 25, 2024 ©  AFP / Kenzo Tribouillard
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In a letter to Musk, European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton warned that Brussels will be monitoring the interview closely. (ER: The third paragraph of this bureaucratic letter, on our reading, shows the utter ridiculousness of the EU’s censorship task at hand. You CAN’T maintain freedom of expression if you’re having to abide by all the ‘proportionate and effective mitigation measures’ mentioned.  What would those even be except censorship and shutting down free expression.)

Musk must ensure that “effective mitigation measures are put in place regarding the amplification of harmful content” in connection with the live interview, Breton wrote, before claiming that Musk had failed to stop the spread of such content during a recent spate of right-wing riots in the UK.

“We are monitoring the potential risks in the EU associated with the dissemination of content that may incite violence, hate and racism in conjunction with major political – or societal – events around the world, including debates and interviews in the context of elections,” he continued.

Breton did not explain whether EU regulators would blame X for allegedly inciteful comments uttered by Trump, or by X users watching the interview. Under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), X is considered a ‘Very Large Online Platform’ and is legally required to restrict the “dissemination of illegal content” and “address the spread of disinformation.

The entire text of the DSA mentions the word “disinformation” 13 times without defining it.

X is already under investigation by Breton’s office for alleged breaches of the DSA, with EU regulators accusing the platform of misleading users by allowing anyone to pay for a verification checkmark, and refusing to allow its data to be scraped by “researchers.” If found liable, X could be ordered to pay a fine equal to 6% of its annual turnover.

In his letter on Monday, Breton said that any “negative effect” stemming from the Trump interview could influence the investigation and the EU’s “overall assessment of X’s compliance with EU law.”

Musk claimed last month that the investigation was opened because he refused to accept a “secret” censorship deal with the EU.  “If we quietly censored speech without telling anyone, they would not fine us,” Musk said. “The other platforms accepted that deal. X did not.”

Responding to Breton’s letter on Monday, Musk shared a meme containing the text: “Take a big step back and literally, f**k your own face!”

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