The United States has imposed visa bans on five Europeans, including a former European Union commissioner, accusing them of pressuring tech firms to censor and suppress “American viewpoints they oppose”.
In a statement on Tuesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio characterized the individuals as “radical activists” who had “advanced censorship crackdowns” by foreign states against “American speakers and American companies”.
“For far too long, ideologues in Europe have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to punish American viewpoints they oppose,” he said on X.
“The Trump Administration will no longer tolerate these egregious acts of extraterritorial censorship,” he added.
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The US State Department said Tuesday that it has barred five Europeans accused of leading efforts to pressure US technology companies into censoring or suppressing American viewpoints, in a move that sharpens tensions with European regulators over online speech.
ReplyDeleteThe State Department announced Tuesday it was barring five Europeans it accused of leading efforts to pressure US tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints.
ReplyDeleteThe Europeans, described by Secretary of State Marco Rubio as “radical” activists and “weaponized” nongovernmental organizations, fell afoul of a new visa policy announced in May that restricts the entry of foreigners deemed responsible for the censorship of protected speech in the United States.