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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…

EU Warns Elon Musk: We ‘Control’ Censorship – ‘Hate Speech Is Over’

A top European Union official has warned Elon Musk that his efforts to end censorship on Twitter will be futile because the EU supposedly "controls" online content and the bloc has decided that "hate speech is over." The warning was issued by European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton.…

Calls Mount for Criminal Investigation into EU Chief over Shady Pfizer Deal

Calls are mounting for a criminal investigation to be launched into the shady deal between the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Pfizer's CEO Albert Bourla. As Slay News reported, it recently emerged that von der Leyen and Bourla secretly cut a massive multi-billion dollar deal…