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EU Commissioner Slams Big Tech for Not Doing ‘Enough’ to Censor French Riots

European Union (EU) Commissioner Thierry Breton has slammed Big Tech companies for allowing the public to view some information regarding the recent riots in France. Breton blasted social media platforms for failing to "do enough" to censor posts regarding the French riots. The EU commissioner’s recent critique of social media…

Who Advances Plans for Global Vaccine Passports to ‘Protect Citizens’ from ‘Health Threats’

The World Health Organization (WHO) has just taken huge steps to advance its plans to roll out global digital vaccine passports. The United Nations health body is reportedly adopting the system behind the European Union's vaccine passports. The unelected EU Commission says that the WHO will utilize the system to…

EU Threatens Elon Musk over ‘Disinformation’ on Twitter

The European Union (EU) has issued a threat to Elon Musk over Twitter's failure to comply with demands to censor so-called "disinformation" on the platform. The threat was made by the European Union’s Internal Markets Commissioner, Thierry Breton. Breton confirmed that Twitter had ditched the EU’s code of practice on…

EU Backs Plans to Confiscate Farms to Meet Climate Goals

The European Union has backed plans put forward by the Dutch government to confiscate and shut down thousands of farms in order to meet the goals set out by the global climate agenda. The unelected European Commission in Brussels backed a scheme by the Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte, an…

EU Demands Elon Musk Hires More Censorship Staff for Twitter

The European Union (EU) is ramping up pressure on Elon Musk as the bloc demands that the Twitter boss censors users on his social media platform. The EU disagrees with Musk's plans to use volunteer Twitter users and AI to moderate content on the platform. In response, EU regulators have…

EU Complains Twitter Not Interested in Complying with Censorship Demands

Officials in the European Union (EU) are complaining that Elon Musk's Twitter appears to have no interest in complying with the bloc's censorship demands. EU authorities have raised concerns that Twitter doesn’t seem to be taking the European Commission’s fight against “disinformation” seriously. According to the governing body, Twitter produced…

EU Commissioner Ramps Up Pressure on Elon Musk to Censor Twitter

European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton is demanding that Twitter boss Elon Musk complies with the EU and agrees to censor his recently acquired social media platform. Breton told Musk that Twitter must comply with the EU's censorship rules in the next few months. Eurocrats are concerned that Musk's…

EU Approves Powdered Crickets for Use in Flour-Based Foods for Consumption by ‘General Population’

The European Union has approved the use of powdered crickets in flour-based foods for public consumption, despite a lack of conclusive data on human allergies regarding the insects. Due to the "inconclusive" allergy data on the bugs, manufacturers won't have any specific requirements to list the powder in foods' ingredients.…

European Union to Ban Cash Transactions over €10,000

The European Union is introducing new laws that will ban transactions over €10,000 ($10,557) in a major push toward an eventual cashless society. However, the laws also seek to impose stricter controls on cryptocurrency and will track crypto payments above 1,000 euros ($1,055). EU leaders ostensibly claim that the new…

EU Bureaucrats Threaten to Ban Twitter Unless Elon Musk Complies with Strict Censorship Rules

The European Union has threatened to ban Twitter unless Elon Musk complies with the bloc's strict rules on content moderation and agrees to censor users. EU bureaucrats issued the threat during a videoconference today with Musk, Twitter's new owner and CEO. Thierry Breton, the EU’s commissioner in charge of implementing…