Elon Musk has officially become the new enemy of theEuropean Union. The reason? To guarantee freedom of speech, a value that is evidently sometimes inappropriate. As we all know, before the interview with Donald Trump broadcast on “his” X, the South African entrepreneur had been warned by the European Commission: the letter signed by Thierry claimed to enforce the obligations of the Digital Services Act (DSA) on a US election campaign event. An unprecedented attempt, for some a real interference by Brussels in the star-spangled elections. But that’s not all, because now the EU has moved on to direct threats: the closing of X is more than a hypothesis.
Breton’s attempted censorship of Musk was obviously defended by Sandro GoziMEP elected in France with Emmanuel Macron’s party, secretary of the European Democratic Party who in Strasbourg is a member of the presidency of the liberals of Renew. Interviewed by Repubblica, Renzi’s loyalist did not mince his words: if Musk does not comply with the European rules on digital services, the EU Commission will ask continental operators to block X or, in the most extreme case, will impose completely dismantle the platform in the territory of the Union. Blackmail in broad daylight.
According to Gozi, Musk must take note of European laws, starting with the DSA in relation to X, which has a third of its subscribers in Europe. The Italian beloved in France has defended Breton’s intimidation tooth and nail, recalling that Renew had already asked for a muscular reaction to Mister X’s violent posts with respect to what happened in the United Kingdom. And Gozi rejects the accusations of censorshipstressing that the freedom of expression has nothing to do with it. Obviously it is a joke – we hope – considering that European bureaucrats would hardly have spent letters with Kamala Harris instead of Donald Trump. Far from fake news: the problem is Musk’s guest. An alternative exists, let’s be clear: that Breton is a seer, because only by knowing the future could he have spoken of hoaxes.
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Musk has too much power without transparencythe European j’accuse. And the DSA provides for periodic sanctions of up to 5% of the average daily global turnover for each day of delay in complying with the corrective measures. But, as anticipated, in the most serious cases it can even lead to the closure of the platform or the request to Telecom operators to block access to the site. And we reiterate: according to Gozi, freedom of expression has nothing to do with it. No other words are needed: it speaks for itself.
Franco Lodige, August 19, 2024
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