US pressure to water down disinformation rules for social media titans described as assault on bloc’s ‘regulatory sovereignty’

Summary

The EU warns that Trump-aligned tech leaders, including Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, pose an “existential threat” by pressuring Brussels to weaken its digital regulations.

Trump has threatened tariffs on countries enforcing strict rules on U.S. tech firms, with Musk openly mocking EU governance.

Brussels insists on its right to regulate disinformation and antitrust issues but faces growing U.S. retaliation.

The dispute could escalate into a trade war, with both sides preparing countermeasures.

  • Kane@femboys.bizEnglish
    15·
    2 days ago

    While there’s a bunch of American technology that is awesome, it’s not worth being their ‘puppet’ due to it.

    We need European centralized tech, or completely decentralized.