Thierry Breton Archives

Elon Musk Exposes EU’s Effort to Blackmail X into Censorship with ‘Illegal Secret Deal’

Elon Musk has blown the whistle on an alleged plot by unelected European Union (EU) bureaucrats to blackmail his social media platform X into censoring users. Musk claims eurocrat members of the EU's European Commission tried to pressure his company into agreeing to an "illegal secret deal" to avoid huge…

EU Launches Election Interference Investigation into Facebook

The European Union (EU) has launched an investigation into Mark Zuckerberg's Meta over allegations that the company's social media apps are involved in foreign election interference efforts. European regulators are investigating Meta's Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp ahead of pivotal EU elections. Regulators are escalating pressure on the Big Tech giant…

EU Pushes CBDC-Linked ‘Digital Identity’ for All Citizens

The European Union (EU) is advancing plans to introduce a new "Digital Identity" that will be directly linked to a central bank digital currency (CBDC), a top Euro official has revealed. The plan was exposed Wednesday on social media by Dutch Member of the European Parliament Rob Roos. Roos posted a…

Elon Musk Slams EU for Threatening to Block Twitter for ‘Disinformation’: ‘List the Violations’

Twitter/X boss Elon Musk has fired back at the European Union (EU) after unelected Eurocrats threatened to block his social media platform for alleged "disinformation" violations. Musk was responding to a letter from the EU charging that he is aiding the spread of "disinformation" on the platform. EU Commissioner Thierry…

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…

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 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 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.…