EU
EU chooses digital ID contractor associated with the UK’s Covid trace system
The EU wants the digital ID tech to launch in 2024.
Macron wants more Twitter censorship to stop people saying “crazy things” about vaccines, pandemics, and war
Macron says there are “responsibilities and limits” to free speech.
EU to Elon Musk’s Twitter: “We will have control, we will have access, people will no longer be able to say [just] anything.”
Demands Musk hires more censors.
EU parliament plots to summon Elon Musk over Twitter “misinformation” concerns
The EU is no fan of free speech.
Rumble Fires Back at France’s Censorship Demands
A new legal challenge.
The EU ignores pushback, plots digital ID for 2024
The plans have been criticized by rights groups.
Germany wants more scrutiny of Twitter after Elon Musk takeover
More pressure from Europe.
German MEP warns EU’s AI plans will “open the door for biometric mass surveillance in public spaces”
“We need to prevent a China-style dystopian future of biometric mass surveillance in Europe!”
Rumble says it won’t move its policy goalposts to appease France’s censorship demands
Rumble has exited France while it looks to challenge the legality of its censorship orders.
The EU reminds Elon Musk about its censorship laws
Clipping the bird’s wings.
