U.S. Warns: EU’s Digital Crackdown Might Be the End of Free Expression Online!

The head of the FCC is slamming the EU’s Digital Services Act as a threat to censorship while calling it incompatible with America’s free speech ideology.

Brendan Carr did not hold back while swinging at the EU’s content moderation rules. He added how the law poses a serious risk to the region as well due ot excessive regulations related to free speech. Such censorship arising from the DSA is incompatible with the usual free speech ideology that America is built on, he shared.

Tensions continue to go strong between America and the EU have hit a new high ever since President Trump returned to power and his administration bashed the tech laws in the country as overseas extortion.

Now, the country’s capital has unleashed a new threat for taxes as their reply to the EU’s taxes and fines on American companies. The news comes as the region increases probes on Big Tech over antitrust breaches and rules for moderating content online. This entails Facebook, Instagram, as well as X.

The Trump admin has been very clear since day one about how it will speak up against discrimination and also defend the nation’s interest of American companies. In this way, free speech continues to be in retreat as he argued about the COVID-19 pandemic giving governments a major excuse for tighter controls. This was all while Trump was praised for his effort to reverse the issue.

Now Carr is certainly a top pick for Trump, who has been in charge of leading America’s telecom and vowing to fight off any censorship of social media. He’s certainly digging down deep and asking tech giants about details linked to reconciliation with the Digital Services Act and where it lies in terms of free speech. America is clear that it will not tolerate anyone silencing users’ free speech rights or calls for censoring data.

As per the EC spokesperson, the DSA isn’t only about censorship. It has important rules against censorship, and it’s surprising how many are talking about such accusations that it feels are false and baseless.

The main aim right now has to do with digital laws and how they are quintessential for protecting users’ rights. It needs apps to determine the risks linked to freedom of expression, adding that there’s nothing in the Digital Services Act that forces apps to get rid of lawful material.

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by Dr. Hura Anwar via Digital Information World