"US Secretary of State Marco Rubio characterised the individuals as radical activists who had advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states against American speakers and American companies. For far too long, ideologues in Europe have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to punish American viewpoints they oppose. The Trump Administration will no longer tolerate these egregious acts of extraterritorial censorship, he added."
"Sarah Rogers, the undersecretary for public diplomacy, described the French businessman as the mastermind of the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), a landmark law intended to combat hateful speech, misinformation and disinformation on online platforms. Rogers also accused Breton of using the DSA to threaten Elon Musk, the owner of X and a close ally of US President Donald Trump, ahead of an interview Musk conducted with Trump during last year's presidential campaign."
The United States announced visa bans on five Europeans accused of pressuring social media platforms to censor American viewpoints. US officials labelled the individuals as radical activists who advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states against American speakers and companies. The most prominent target is Thierry Breton, former EU commissioner for the internal market, whom US officials and a public diplomacy undersecretary tied to the Digital Services Act and alleged threats against Elon Musk. Breton called the visa ban a witch hunt and compared it to the McCarthy era. Other named figures include leaders from HateAid, the Centre for Countering Digital Hate, and the Global Disinformation Index.
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