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Monday, October 14, 2024

Commentary: Foreign Censorship Threatens American Free Speech

On the eve of a highly-anticipated live X “Spaces” conversation between Elon Musk and former president Donald Trump, the powerful European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton warned in August that authorities would be “monitoring” the conversation for “content that may incite violence, hate, and racism.”

While reminding Musk that the EU was already investigating X for alleged failures “to combat disinformation,” Breton said he and his colleagues “will not hesitate to make full use of our toolbox … to protect EU citizens from serious harm.”
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23 comments:

  1. The eu, like mexico, hate America and what's left of our freedoms. The crime ridden country to our south want to sue gun manufacturers due to their incompetence and political criminal structure and the faggots in europe hate free speech and self protection.. Fuck all of them bitches
    JD

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    1. "... sue gun manufacturers due to their incompetence and political criminal structure..." WTF?

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    2. WTF?.......
      What part don't you understand
      JD

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    3. JD

      Although true, you didn't state your assertion well. ITo restate it more clearly, "The crime-ridden country to our south wants to cover for their their incompetence and criminal political structure by suing gun manufacturers here..."

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    4. Shell
      The crime ridden country to our south wants to cover for their incompetence and criminal political structure by sueing gun manufacturers is a complete statement.. If you need further clarification then just say so.
      JD

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  2. Free speech is legal in the US (First Amendment to the Constitution). So...If you don't like what we're saying on the Internet, YOU find a way to block it in your country!

    Good luck with that BTW.
    juvat

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    1. It's already being done. I get several comments a week from European and British readers saying they can't access certain articles or posts.

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    2. I watched The Magnificent Seven on YT. They pixilated (blurred) where blood was shed. The captions blank out certain words. Even without captions, the audio goes blank for certain words
      There's no cussing in the movie, yet some wuss at YT thought certain words might offend.


      I've noticed that a lot of movies recently.

      It'll be interesting when Mel Brook's new movie comes out. I might even go to a theater.

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    3. Kenny, those folks need to get a VPN.

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    4. Rick, I tried watching "Blazing Saddles" on commercial-free network. Within the first 5 minutes there was about 1 minute of deadspace due to 'unsafe words' being blanked out.

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  3. Another example of the EUSSR's attitude to free speech: if they don't approve it, they want it censored.

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  4. There was a reason my family left Europe...

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  5. Odd that Musk, a supposed proponent of free speech just capitulated
    to the dictatorial Brazilian government though.
    - WDS

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  6. Vicky Nuland was right when she said F the EU.

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    1. Context, and please no antisemitisms against Mrs. Nuland.

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  7. Sooner or later the EU will try to extradite Americans to Europe for trial and the US will likely comply - especially if the Dumbocrats are running the show.

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  8. That which is not sanctioned is prohibited. DIAF, sanctimonious bitches.

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  9. We shouldn't have gotten involved in Europe in the '40s

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    1. Nah man we had to save Josef Stalin so he could spread Glorious Communism to the world, or something.

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    2. Actually, we should have bombed the Commies right after and saved having to deal with it now.

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  10. The censorship for everything that comes into Canada's Trudopia is nothing short of Orwellian.

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  11. The linked article is a journalistic nothing burger. Anyone who follows the news would know that Breton is no longer a member of the European Commission.

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  12. Musk should block ALL posts on X from complaining governments...“to combat disinformation,”

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