US bans former EU Commissioner and others over social media rules
The Trump administration has issued travel bans prohibiting five European tech researchers, including a former EU Commissioner, from entering the United States. The move is seen as a response to the European Union's efforts to regulate online content through the Digital Services Act (DSA). The administration has accused these individuals of leading "organized efforts to coerce American platforms to punish American viewpoints they oppose." The banned individuals include Thierry Breton, the former EU Commissioner for Internal Markets and Digital Services, who allegedly threatened Elon Musk over the DSA compliance, and others who have been involved in monitoring and flagging hate speech and disinformation online. The travel bans are viewed as an "authoritarian attack on free speech" and a challenge to European sovereignty, according to the affected individuals and organizations.
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