Europe

A European Union (EU) Commission official has taken a page from the U.S. government’s anti-free speech playbook and demanded that multiple social media companies step up their censorship. 

In an Oct. 11 letter posted to X (formerly…

X owner Elon Musk gave a warning to any X (formerly Twitter) employees who bow to outside pressure and censor free speech.

Musk responded harshly to a Washington Post article that claimed his social media platform was cooperating with…

The European Union fined communist Chinese government-tied TikTok hundreds of millions of dollars for mishandling the personal information of minors on the app.

The Financial Times reported that Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC…

Leftist billionaire Alex Soros warned that his Open Society Foundations is not done with Europe, promising to remain active there and even increase aid in some cases. 

In an August 31st op-ed titled “No Soros retreat from Europe,”…

Bloomberg News clearly didn’t see any issue with celebrating foreign governments forcing businesses to adopt woke ESG standards while failing to mention that its own parent company is doing the same thing. 

Bloomberg News celebrated…

The European Union Parliament is planning new regulations for AI, but with the government's tendency toward censorship and excessive control, it’s unclear whether that’s good or bad news.

Financial Times reported April 14 that the…

The European Commission’s Corporate Management Board has made the decision to ban the video-streaming app TikTok from corporate devices.

The announcement comes as authorities around the world unite to disavow the company’s sordid ties…

Europe has previously called on the U.S. to do a better job at tackling so-called “disinformation” online, even challenging new Twitter owner Elon Musk to “increase” the number of moderators in the content. Now, at least one EU commissioner is…

Thierry Breton, the European Union’s internal market commissioner, said the bloc will require Elon Musk to add moderators in Europe to censor content.

Bloomberg News reported Friday that Breton criticized Musk’s decision to lay off…

UPDATE: After MRC Free Speech America reached out to YouTube, the platform restored the video of Giorgia Meloni's 2019 speech. YouTube spokesperson Ivy Choi offered the following statement: "Upon careful review, we determined this video is not…

Communist China-tied social media giant TikTok is “pausing” its new privacy policy that was set to roll out in Europe.

TechCrunch reported that the new policy would have discontinued the platform’s request for user consent to receive…

The European Commission passed two bills that will regulate online content like never before, including censoring speech.

Protocol reported that the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA) will take effect next year.…

Pro-censorship leftists are eager never to let a good crisis go to waste. And European elites are no exception.

A European official urged the U.S. to imitate new European legislation and ratchet up its online censorship.

European…

To lobby, or not to lobby? That’s no longer a question for pro-censorship Twitter. A group of tech companies, including Twitter, are looking to push their policy objectives. Pro-censorship Twitter and Vimeo are among five companies forming the “…

DirecTV dropped Russian propaganda outlet RT America on Tuesday as a belated response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. DirecTV absurdly refused to renew One America News Network earlier this year while RT’s programming was only suspended…

Meta reportedly predicted that regulations covering online data could prevent the company from offering Facebook and Instagram in Europe.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, stated in an annual report for the U.S. Securities and…

Yet another major European power has joined the growing alliance of nations against censorship by American Big Tech companies. 

Hungary is joining Poland as one of the premier European powers taking on Big Tech. “After consulting…

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has proclaimed a new global initiative against hate speech.

Guterres lamented that “hate” is moving into the mainstream and has “poisoned” debate on migration policy. He…

France’s increasingly violent “yellow vest” protests began as grassroots, working-class opposition to a fuel tax hike that was promoted by the government as climate change action. But network stories about the protests ignored…

Protests by workers and activists and, in some cases, violence by anarchists marked the far-left holiday May Day this year.

But most American news consumers would not have known that some London demonstrators carried communist flags and…