Results for: Thierry Breton

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…
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…
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…
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…
Trump About to Drop a Bomb on the EU Censors?
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/08/27/trump-about-to-drop-a-bomb-on-the-eu-censors-n3806196
–  That this is true is obvious: Thierry Breton, who at the time was in charge of implementing the DSA, threatened to sanction Elon…
BREAKING: French Prosecutor Rules that Social Media Platform X Is an 'Organized Crime Group'
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/07/26/breaking-french-pr…social-media-platform-x-is-an-organized-crime-group-n3805187
– As you may recall, Thierry Breton threatened Elon Musk with massive fines for hosting a conversation with Donald Trump during the campaign…
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.…
Censorship is their last redoubt
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2022/11/05/censorship-is-their-last-redoubt-n508231
– #DSA https://t.co/95W3qzYsal — Thierry Breton (@ThierryBreton) October 28, 2022 Imagine if you will, seeing something like that…
Twitter: empire strikes back take 2
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2022/10/31/twitter-empire-strikes-back-take-2-n507078
– #DSA https://t.co/95W3qzYsal — Thierry Breton (@ThierryBreton) October 28, 2022 Thierry Breton is a French business executive…
Now That There's No $ From USAID, Romania May Get the Guy They Voted for the First Time
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2025/02/10/now-that-t…mania-may-get-the-guy-they-voted-for-the-first-time-n3799693
– Former EU commissioner Thierry Breton already stated a month ago that the EU had mechanisms to prevent a possible AfD victory…
Coincidence? USAID Funds Cut, Romanian President Resigns
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/02/12/coincidence-usaid-funds-cut-romanian-president-resigns-n3799713
– Just as all the efforts to ban AfD in Germany are all about protecting "democracy,"🚨🇪🇺 THIERRY BRETON: WE DID IT IN ROMANIA, WE’ … Breton warns that Germany could be next.Breton:“Now we are equipped, and… pic.twitter.com/5qX2sk2f7d— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) … As Thierry Breton made clear, it was the EU which did the deed, using EU and USAID-backed courts in Romania.…
Is Europe a Greater Threat to US Citizens Than Russia?
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/02/14/is-europe-a-greater-threat-to-us-citizens-than-russia-n3799835
– connection with events with major audience around the world, I sent this letter to @elonmusk📧⤵️ pic.twitter.com/P1IgxdPLzn— Thierry … Breton (@ThierryBreton) August 12, 2024The European Union literally tried to censor Donald Trump by threatening X and Elon Musk with…
The empire strikes back
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2022/10/28/the-empire-strikes-back-n506388
– The EU’s commissioner for the internal market, Thierry Breton, responded hours later, saying that Twitter under Mr. … Breton wrote on Twitter, adding an image of the European flag. … #DSA https://t.co/95W3qzYsal — Thierry Breton (@ThierryBreton) October 28, 2022 The Digital Services Act, which was agreed to…
It's Elon's fault
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2022/11/07/its-elons-fault-n508635
– #DSA https://t.co/95W3qzYsal — Thierry Breton (@ThierryBreton) October 28, 2022 It will be a full court press, and I don’t know…
EU planning a trade war with America?
https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2022/11/23/eu-planning-a-trade-war-with-america-n513167
– EU industry chief Thierry Breton is warning that Biden’s new subsidy package poses an “existential challenge” to Europe’s economy.…
Germany: About that defense spending increase we promised...
https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2022/12/05/germany-about-that-defense-spending-increase-we-promised-n515778
– In September, Thierry Breton, the EU defense commissioner, admitted that they all need to be spending more. … “We all realize that we need to spend more, but we need to spend better,” said Thierry Breton, the EU commissioner in charge of defense…
Macron and Musk held a surprise tête-à-tête in New Orleans
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2022/12/05/macron-and-musk-held-a-surprise-tete-a-tete-in-new-orleans-n515590
– G31YgUFngE — Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) December 2, 2022 Earlier last week, the EU’s commissioner for digital policy, Thierry … Breton, told Musk that Twitter must increase its efforts to comply with new rules known as the Digital Services Act.…
EU threatens to ban Twitter
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2022/11/30/eu-threatens-to-ban-twitter-n514594
– More details on #Mastodon ⤵️https://t.co/rNlULHh181 — Thierry Breton (@ThierryBreton) November 30, 2022 Today the EU went a … Thierry Breton, the EU’s commissioner in charge of implementing the bloc’s digital rules, made the threat during a video meeting with … Breton told Musk he must adhere to a checklist of rules, including ditching an “arbitrary” approach to reinstating banned users, pursuing…
Donald Trump's Twitter account receives a very unexpected defender
https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2021/01/11/donald-trumps-twitter-account-receives-unexpected-defender-n378966
– Health Secretary Matt Hancock and EU Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton weighed in with very similar comments. … Breton called the decision “perplexing.”…
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…
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