US EditionEurope slams visa bans after US takes fresh swing at allies over 'censorship'
The US barred five Europeans over alleged censorship of Americans online, escalating tensions tied to the EU's Digital Services Act and recent $141 million fine on X, officials said.
- On Tuesday, the US administration imposed visa bans on five people including Thierry Breton, French former EU commissioner, prompting condemnation from the European Union, France, and Germany.
- Earlier this month the EU fined Elon Musk's X platform 120 million euros for breaching online content rules, a punishment the US administration found particularly upsetting.
- US officials named specific targets including Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate; Anna‑Lena von Hodenberg, Josephine Ballon of HateAid; and Clare Melford, co‑founder of the Global Disinformation Index, while Germany's justice ministry expressed support and called the visa bans unacceptable.
- A European Commission spokesperson said it 'strongly condemns the US decision' and emphasized that 'freedom of expression is a fundamental right in Europe and a shared core value with the United States.'
- Analysts warn the dispute risks straining transatlantic cooperation as Germany and European officials insist digital rules are set in Europe, not Washington.
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Macron champions the response of countries against the measure and Commission leaders consider it an affront against European digital sovereigntyTrump redoubles its ideological crusade against the EU and forbids European citizens to travel to the US for their hate speech on the Internet They are “acts of intimidation and coercion against European digital sovereignty.” In these words Emmanuel Macron, president of the French Republic, referred to …
Europe slams visa bans after US takes fresh swing at allies over 'censorship'
The European Union, France and Germany condemned U.S. visa bans on five Europeans combating online hate and disinformation on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump's administration took its latest swipe at long-standing allies across the Atlantic.
'Not acceptable': EU slams U.S. travel bans on Europeans over tech regulations
The European Union (EU), French, German and British senior officials on Wednesday strongly condemned a U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on five European individuals, including former European Commissioner Thierry Breton.
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