Thierry Breton

Elon Musk presented Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with the Global Citizen Award on Monday on behalf of the Atlantic Council.

Citing “questionable governance” in Brussels, Thierry Breton has resigned as European Commission’s top censorship czar in a surprise announcement in the wake of a public spat over his threats to ban Elon Musk’s X platform in the bloc.

A leading EU parliamentarian warned Elon Musk that X could be shut down entirely in the bloc over “disinformation and hate speech”.

Left-wing “Primal fear” drives them to believe Elon Musk is a greater threat to democracy than “totalitarian censorship” in name of freedom.

The EU has publicly admonished Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, for allegedly failing to adequately address the spread of illegal content and disinformation on its platform, particularly in relation to the recent violent attacks on Israel orchestrated by Hamas terrorists.

EU Commissioner Thierry Breton told social media companies they must remove “calls for revolt” or content showing riots or face being banned.

EU’s top enforcer warned Musk Twitter must have enough resources to moderate content or risk being in violation of rules to rein in big tech.

The EU’s desire to censor Twitter is an attempt to “steal democracy from the people”, an MEP has told Breitbart Europe.

Senior EU officials were furious on Friday after Twitter owner Elon Musk pulled the platform out of the bloc’s online censorship project.

The EU announced that a slew of social media platforms and other websites that will come under stricter content moderation measures.

Officials within the European Union have heavily criticised Elon Musk’s Twitter for failing a so-called “disinformation” test set out by the bloc.

Tiktok runs the risk of being banned within the EU should it fail to censor content, an official from within the bloc has warned.

The EU threatened to sanction Twitter following the suspension of journalists over allegedly sharing private location of Elon Musk’s jet.

Twitter could be banned from the EU if Elon Musk continues with his free speech reforms, a senior official within the bloc has reportedly said.

Twitter has reportedly shut down its office in Brussels this week in a potential shot across the bow at the bloc over freedom of speech.

Elon Musk is to meet the EU’s internal market chief after the bloc demanded that Twitter keeps censoring free speech.

Elon Musk has been told that Twitter must continue censoring “digital hate” by London Mayor Sadiq Khan and the EU’s Thierry Breton.

The European Union has now formally proposed a ban on all goods made with forced labour from being sold within the bloc, a move that is seen as being aimed at China’s abuse of minorities.

A senior EU commissioner has once again told Germany to delay shutting down its nuclear power stations as the climate-crazy government sees its popularity fade.

Elon Musk has seemingly kowtowed to the EU on internet free speech, declaring he is “exactly aligned” with the bloc’s censorship regulations.