December 9, 2025

US International Trade Administration Shaped EU Censorship Law Targeting American Companies

SUMMARY X became the first American platform to be fined under the EU’s Digital Services Act, receiving a €120 million penalty after allegedly refusing to open up its data to “disinformation researchers.” Disinformation researchers are critical to online censorship – they are the ones who compile databases of disfavored speech and the advertisers that fund…

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