Results for: Thierry Breton

British Regulator Investigating GB News Because...It Interviewed President Trump
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/06/02/british-regulator…ating-gb-news-becauseit-interviewed-president-trump-n3815539
– Thierry Breton, who was the unelected bureaucrat in charge of the EU's censorship regime, sent a letter to Elon Musk threatening to … All those liberals who worried about foreign interference with our elections seemed fine with that, until Musk gave Breton the finger…
Layers and Layers of Fact Checkers...
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/28/layers-and-layers-of-fact-checkers-n3814369
–  Perhaps, you may think, the US shouldn't meddle in our "allies'" politics, to which is say: Thierry Breton and the Digital Services…
House Report on EU Censorship Has Some Fascist Feathers Flying
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/02/05/house-repo…t-on-eu-censorship-has-some-fascist-feathers-flying-n3811597
– Wire-haired anti-freedom Euro fascist Thierry Breton threatened to sanction X and possibly imprison Musk if he held a scheduled live … online event with an EU-unapproved US presidential candidate...gasp...Donald Trump....The statement followed EU Commissioner Thierry …  “With great audience comes greater responsibility,” Breton wrote on X, arguing that “there is a risk of amplification of potentially…
House Judiciary Committee Outlines 10-Year EU Campaign to Silence Americans
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/02/04/house-judiciary-co…e-outlines-10-year-eu-campaign-to-silence-americans-n3811503
– During the US presidential campaign, Thierry Breton, the EU Commissioner at the time, threatened to fine ALL of Elon Musk's companies … retaliation for hosting a live interview with President Trump in the United States in August 2024.Read our letter to Commissioner Breton…
European Parliament Member to United States: 'We Are the Free World Now"
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/12/26/european-parliament-member-to-united-states-we-are-the-free-world-now-n3810235
– Rogers (@UnderSecPD) December 23, 2025WE’VE SANCTIONED: Thierry Breton, a mastermind of the Digital Services Act. … condemn the United States decision to impose travel restrictions on five European individuals including former European Commissioner Thierry…
Sacre Bleu! Macron Steams After US Bars Censorship-Happy EU Officials
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/12/24/sacre-bleu-macron-steams-after-us-bars-censorship-happy-eu-officials-n3810202
– Breton, former European Union commissioner responsible for digital policy.Much of the dispute revolves around the EU’s Digital Services … of harmful content” ahead of a livestreamed interview with President Donald Trump during the 2024 campaign.We've written about Breton … over Trump's supposed insult to "sovereignty":France condemns the visa restriction measures taken by the United States against Thierry…
Rubio and State Department Putting Europe on Notice About Free Speech
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/12/24/rubio-and-state-department-putting-europe-on-notice-about-free-speech-n3810201
– The fine for violating the EU's Digital Services Act is 6% of worldwide revenues, and Breton made clear than in Musk's case that would … toolbox, including by adopting interim measures, should it be warranted to protect EU citizens from serious harm.Yours sincerely,Thierry…
Behold the Censorship Machine at Work in Europe
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/09/05/behold-the-censorship-machine-at-work-in-europe-n3806486
– Last year, the EU’s then-top digital censor, Thierry Breton, threatened action against Elon Musk after he announced a conversation…
Hillary Calls for Jailing People Who Disagree With Her
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/09/17/hillary-calls-for-jailing-people-who-disagree-with-her-n3794613
– Commissioner Thierry Breton abruptly resigned as the speech czar in Europe.…
Is Kamala Harris Bent on Killing Free Speech? Signs Say 'Yes'
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/10/23/is-kamala-harris-bent-on-killing-twitter-signs-say-yes-n3796140
–  You will recall that Thierry Breton of the EU threatened Elon Musk's Twitter/X with massive fines for allowing Donald Trump to…
The Most Important Thing That the Zelenskyy Meeting Showed to Me
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/03/01/the-most-important-thing-that-the-zelenskyy-meeting-showed-to-me-n3800320
– But as Thierry Breton, the infamous censor, pointed out about the German elections, the EU elite can cancel national elections if they …  NEW - Former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton fantasizes about a possible annulment of the upcoming elections in Germany: "We did…
About Time: Jim Jordan Goes to War With Europe Over Free Speech
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/02/28/about-time-jim-jordan-goes-to-war-with-europe-over-free-speech-n3800286
– violated the country’s laws against hate… pic.twitter.com/GaRWJ5EavP— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) October 29, 2024Remember when Thierry … Breton threatened Elon Musk for holding a stream with Donald Trump during the election?…
Scott Jennings Confuses Liberals By Explaining How the Executive Branch Works
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/02/27/scott-jennings-con…berals-by-explaining-how-the-executive-branch-works-n3800246
– People like Ursula Von Der Leyen and, until recently, Thierry Breton have all the power and are responsible to nobody.…
Sunday Smiles
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/03/09/sunday-smiles-n3800587
– Whether they can do that in large countries--Thierry Breton said they could do it in Germany if AfD won--is untested.…
Another Win for EU 'Democracy:' Leading Presidential Candidate Kicked Off Romanian Ballot
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/03/10/another-win-for-eu…ng-presidential-candidate-kicked-of-romanian-ballot-n3800593
–  NEW - Former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton fantasizes about a possible annulment of the upcoming elections in Germany: "We did…
Threat to German Democracy Alert: 'Won't Anyone Rid Us of This Troublesome Musk?'
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2024/12/30/threat-to…y-alert-wont-anyone-rid-us-of-this-troublesome-musk-n3798339
– Breton stepped in to threaten Musk over a Spaces event he'd announced with, of all people, Donald Trump. …  You see, Breton felt the tender and impressionable eyes and ears of EU subjects should be 'protected' from exposure to the man … Who basically told him to blow it out his...tiny Thierry.😂 pic.twitter.com/eVMOZDF2y5— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) August…
German President Fires the Starting Pistol: Dissolves Bundestag, Snap Elections Set for February
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2024/12/27/german-pre…dissolves-bundestag-snap-elections-set-for-february-n3798266
– Breton are trying to go after Musk for anti-trust violations because of real violations? … influencer Naomi Seibt on X and captioned it with: “Only AfD can save Germany.”His endorsement drew immediate backlash, with Thierry … Breton, former EU Commissioner for the Internal Market, accusing Musk of foreign interference.Besides having to fight off a populist…
Dear Germany: Using a Limp, Rag Doll, Please Point to Where the Mean Vance Man Hurt You
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2025/02/17/dear-germa…l-please-point-to-where-the-mean-vance-man-hurt-you-n3799893
– He also chastised one of the most vehemently anti-free speech figures in Europe, Thierry Breton, who led the EU efforts to control…
Europeans Defend Democracy By Plotting to Strip Hungary of Voting Rights and Canceling Romanian Elections
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/03/05/europeans-defend-d…y-of-voting-rights-and-canceling-romanian-elections-n3800445
– Breton mused that the EU could use the same tools to cancel Germany's if it looked like the AfD might win a majority in the German …  The man who long served as the EU’s man censor, Thierry Breton, calls for X to be banned in Europe if Elon Musk doesn’t start …  🚨 🇪🇺 THE EU’S WAR ON DEMOCRACY: BRETON THREATENS GERMANY 🚨Former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton has sent shockwaves across…
EU going after Elon for "misinformation" on X
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2023/10/11/eu-going-after-elon-for-misinformation-on-x-n584148
– Thierry Breton says, “We HAVE INDICATIONS… Following the terrorist attacks by Hamas against 🇮🇱, we have indications of X/Twitter … Urgent letter to @elonmusk on #DSA obligations ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/avMm1LHq54 — Thierry Breton (@ThierryBreton) October 10, 2023 … Europeans, Breton said, are simple, regulated-to-death sheep.…
There's Another Reason All Bond Villains Are Europeans
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2023/10/18/theres-another-reason-all-bond-villains-are-europeans-n585803
– Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) October 18, 2023 And perhaps the fellow’s name in Shellenberger’s retweet rings a bell – Thierry … Breton – and it should.…
Time to Leave NATO?
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/08/13/time-to-leave-nato-n3793092
–  UPDATE: Breton took it on the chin for this, and his bosses were displeased, probably for the reasons outlined above:Brussels … slaps down Thierry Breton over ‘harmful content’ letter to Elon Musk. … US presidential candidate Donald Trump, also on X.On Tuesday the European Commission denied that Breton had approval from its president…
Thierry Breton's Threat to Elon Musk Seems to Have Backfired
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/08/13/thierry-bretons-threat-to-elon-musk-seems-to-have-backfired-n3793119
– Earlier today, David wrote about the letter which EU Commissioner Thierry Breton sent to Elon Musk in advance of Musk's interview with … , including this one.What Breton is doing is flagrantly illegal. … For his part, Breton did get the message but is choosing not to respond.An EU official said that Breton had “taken note” of Musk’s…
Elon to Trump: The Media's Covering Up Kamala's Track Record
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2024/08/13/elon-to-trump-media-covers-up-kamala-track-record-n3793075
– running afoul of its regulations on speech by letting Trump speak unedited:European Commissioner for Internal Markets and Services Thierry … content is accessible to EU users and being amplified also in our jurisdiction, we cannot exclude potential spillovers in the EU," Breton … Breton reminded Musk of X's due diligence obligations under the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), which requires platforms like X to…
E.U. Threatens Twitter/X With Sanctions for Platforming Trump
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/08/13/eu-threatens-twitter-with-sanctions-for-platforming-trump-n3793072
– No doubt the Harris/Walz dingbat duo were thrilled to see that European Commissioner for Internal Markets and Services Thierry Breton …  Thierry Breton, though, is the better metaphor for what is happening across the West. … Breton wrote of the Musk-Trump interview.…
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