"The newest flashpoint comes with the U.S. and its European allies also at loggerheads over Ukraine and the future of European security. The EU penalized X on Friday after regulators found the platform had misled users, obscured key advertising information and blocked researchers from accessing public data. A furious Musk responded by accusing the EU of stifling free speech through "bureaucratic tyranny" - rallying far-right leaders and millions of followers behind the hashtag #AbolishTheEU."
"Senior U.S. officials quickly piled on, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling the fine "an attack on all American tech platforms and the American people." Vice President Vance, widely known as the administration's most outspoken Euroskeptic, called the fine "garbage" and the product of X's refusal to accept EU "censorship." Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) urged Trump to impose sanctions on the EU "until this travesty is reversed" - an extraordinary escalation typically reserved for U.S. adversaries."
The EU fined X after regulators found the platform misled users, obscured advertising information, and blocked researchers from accessing public data. Elon Musk denounced the penalty as "bureaucratic tyranny," mobilizing far-right leaders and followers under #AbolishTheEU. Polish and U.S. officials sharply rebuked Musk and the EU, with statements labeling the fine an attack on American tech, "garbage," and urging sanctions. The dispute reflects a broader U.S. strategy that accuses the EU of "regulatory suffocation" and of enabling demographic change through open borders. The clash intensifies existing U.S.-European disagreements over Ukraine, European security, migration, and the limits of platform regulation.
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