"Throughout Donald Trump's election campaign, a growing number of big-name Silicon Valley figures attached themselves to the MAGA bandwagon. They were drawn not just by the lure of access to power, but by Trump's promises to free up social media, in particular, from any and all content restrictions; to promote cryptocurrencies; and to corrode regulatory oversight of the high-tech titans."
"Farage's message was that recently passed laws in the U.K. and in the European Union (EU) are fundamental threats to freedom of speech and expression, and that U.S. politicians need to stand firm in preventing similar laws from being passed in this country. "At what point did we become North Korea?" he asked of the U.K., while testifying before the U.S. Congress."
Big-name Silicon Valley figures aligned with MAGA, attracted by promises to loosen social media content restrictions, promote cryptocurrencies, and reduce regulatory oversight of tech firms. Overseas far-right politicians began imitating Trump's rhetoric, courting Big Tech and alleging government censorship of controversial ideas while casting themselves as free-speech defenders. Nigel Farage traveled to Washington to testify at a congressional hearing on internet censorship and warned that recent U.K. and EU laws pose fundamental threats to freedom of speech and expression. Farage urged U.S. politicians to oppose similar legislation and dramatized his argument by asking, "At what point did we become North Korea?"
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