US EditionTrump administration weighs sanctions on officials implementing EU tech law, sources say
The Trump administration views the EU's Digital Services Act as suppressing conservative voices and imposing costs on U.S. tech firms, considering sanctions including visa restrictions on officials.
- The Trump administration is considering sanctions on EU and member state officials involved in enforcing the Digital Services Act as of August 2025.
- This potential move follows long-standing U.S. concerns that the DSA censors American speech online and imposes costly burdens on U.S. tech firms.
- In August, Marco Rubio, the U.S. Secretary of State, directed American diplomats to actively engage with European Union governments and regulatory bodies to express concerns about the DSA and advocate for changes to the legislation.
- Rubio notably threatened visa bans in May on foreign officials who "censor" American speech, including digital platform regulators, signaling escalation if objections fail.
- If enacted, these sanctions would mark an unprecedented intensification of the administration’s efforts to counter Europe's regulation seen as suppressing conservative voices.
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The president of the United States, Donald Trump, does not want Google, Meta or Apple, the technological giants of his country, to get things tough. In another unexpected movement, the tycoon has set out to solve it by standing up to European regulators, that is, those agencies and officials that enforce the European Union’s main digital law, the Digital Services Act (DSA). This rule, enacted in 2022, aims to regulate the presence of large platf…
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