From Don Surber we get the following: Musk 1, Eurocrat 0
When you mess with the bull, ...
The opening salvo from the EU was in July.
On July 12, AP reported, “The European Union said Friday that blue checkmarks from Elon Musk’s X are deceptive and that the online platform falls short on transparency and accountability requirements, the first charges against a tech company since the bloc’s new social media regulations took effect.”
EU was upset that Twitter now charges people with a blue check $8 a month — $7 by yearly subscription.
Musk responded by telling the world how the EU tried to coerce him into censoring people that the EU didn't like.
Then Thierry Breton, the one-time Commissioner for Internal Market of the EU, sent a threatening letter to Musk about silencing "hatred, disorder, incitement to violence, or certain instances of disinformation." Who gets to decide what is disinformation? Why Thierry Breton of course.
After that Congress sent a letter to the EU wanting to understand how they are threatening Americans' right to Free Speech, and an American company.
And finally, the EU, recognizing a losing battle, canned Thierry Breton.
On Monday, Breton resigned — although the letter he ironically posted on Twitter indicates European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen forced him out.
There is more, including an indictment of "newspapers that have moved away from reporting news and using paper." Click thru.
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