{"id":68786,"date":"2025-02-01T12:09:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T11:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=68786"},"modified":"2025-02-13T09:33:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T08:33:48","slug":"european-politicians-call-for-online-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/european-politicians-call-for-online-censorship","title":{"rendered":"European Politicians Call for Social Media Censorship and Attack X and Meta\u2019s Free Speech Policies as \u2018Threat to Democracy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"68786\" class=\"elementor elementor-68786\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2bc15f2e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2bc15f2e\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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notoriously heavy-handed prosecutions for social media posts during last summer\u2019s riots\u2019<\/p><\/li><li>ADF International executive director Paul Coleman: \u2018We are living in a new bipolar order of speech\u2019 between Europe and USA<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d7b78ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d7b78ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PACE_Hemicycle_in_2024-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-68787\" alt=\"\" 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and criticised X and Meta\u2019s free speech policies during a debate at the Council of Europe.<\/p><p>Politicians at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) called for censorship, in the form of tackling so-called \u201cmisinformation\u201d, \u201cdisinformation\u201d and \u201chate speech\u201d online, and voted in favour of a report on social media content regulation.<\/p><p>This follows the European Union last week <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/eu-social-media-censorship\">doubling down<\/a> on online censorship through the <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/commentary\/eu-digital-services-act-one-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digital Services Act (DSA)<\/a>, with the same justification of \u201cprotecting democracy\u201d.<\/p><p>During Thursday<a href=\"https:\/\/pace.coe.int\/en\/verbatim\/2025-01-30\/pm\/en\">\u00a0night\u2019s debate<\/a>, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg were singled out as threatening democracy with their free speech policies.<\/p><p>Belgian politician Christophe Lacroix said: \u201cWhy is Elon Musk in the US government?&#8230; There is a conspiracy, in any case a conjunction of interests between populists and the far right and the billionaire owners of social networks to effectively interfere in the electoral process.\u201d<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ADFIntl\/status\/1885330335484817640\">UK Labour MP Cat Eccles said<\/a> Mr Musk\u2019s \u201crise of influence\u201d was \u201csomething we should all be worried about\u201d and criticised Meta for its new free speech policy, which she characterised as \u201cabandoning fact checking\u201d.<\/p><p>She also indicated support for the notoriously heavy-handed prosecutions for social media posts during Britain\u2019s riots last summer, saying: \u201cWhile we must value freedom of expression, we must remember that it does not protect individuals from the consequences of their actions. In the UK we saw this play out recently with the horrendous Southport murders last summer and subsequent riots, with people arrested and charged for inciting hatred and violence on all sides.\u201d<\/p><p>French politician Sandra Regol said free speech online posed a threat to \u201cour democracy\u201d and \u201cdiversity\u201d.<\/p><p>She said: \u201cWe&#8217;ve heard a lot about freedom of expression. It&#8217;s supposed to be the guarantor of this diversity, it&#8217;s supposed to be the guarantor of our democracies and, in a crazy, absolute reversal of values, it&#8217;s now the tool that&#8217;s destroying this diversity.\u201d<\/p><p>Three amendments were proposed in Thursday&#8217;s debate to preserve freedom of expression and they were all rejected.<\/p><p>But an amendment to <a href=\"https:\/\/pace.coe.int\/en\/files\/33939#trace-2\">the report<\/a> calling for collaborating \u201cwith journalists and fact-checking organisations to effectively combat disinformation&#8220; was adopted by two-thirds majority.<\/p><p>This puts Europe further at odds with the US regarding free speech, after President Trump last week signed an executive order to end federal government censorship.\u00a0<\/p><p>Luxembourg MEP Fernand Kartheiser said:<\/p><p><em>\u201cFree speech is under serious threat in Europe. It was deeply concerning to see politicians at the Council of Europe calling for online censorship in the name of \u2018protecting democracy\u2019.<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u201cDemocracy is impossible without free speech, but for some reason, too many politicians, including from the UK, can\u2019t seem to grasp this.<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u201cLabour MP\u00a0Cat Eccles voiced support for Britain\u2019s notoriously heavy-handed prosecutions for social media posts during last summer\u2019s riots in the country.<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u201cEuropean politicians should consider how their support for censorship and their attacks on the free speech policies of American citizens Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s platforms will affect our relationship with our vital ally the United States.<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u201cThe US has made its commitment to free speech clear and <\/em><em>US Vice President<\/em><em> JD Vance already threatened last year to withdraw US support for NATO if the EU censors X.<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u201cFor the sake of truly preserving European democracy and also good relations with America, all attempts to impose censorship in Europe, including through the Digital Services Act, must end.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/our-team\/paul-coleman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Coleman<\/a>, executive director of ADF International, a global organisation dedicated to protecting fundamental freedoms, including at the European institutions, stated:<\/p><p><em>\u201cWe are living in a new bipolar order of speech. On the one hand,\u00a0Europe is doubling down on censorship, while the US is recommitting to its free speech heritage.<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u201cThis will usher in an unprecedented era of tension\u00a0within the West itself\u00a0over this most basic of human rights, and it is the responsibility of all who value freedom to side with the protection of free speech.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p><strong>EU doubled down on social media censorship with DSA last week<\/strong><\/p><p>Last week, the European Commissioner in charge of enforcing the DSA, Henna Virkkunen, announced a number of measures to further crack down on speech, including doubling the number of staff working on enforcement from 100 to 200 by the end of 2025.<\/p><p>The Digital Services Act (DSA), which came into full force in February 2024, is an EU regulation that aims to tackle \u201cmisinformation\u201d, \u201cdisinformation\u201d, and \u201chate speech\u201d online.<\/p><p>By requiring the removal of so-called \u201cillegal content\u201d on social media platforms, it censors free speech both within and outside the EU and could even affect the speech of US citizens online.<\/p><p>On the DSA, Mr Coleman commented:<\/p><p>\u201c<em>Last week, the European Commission made clear that it will be\u00a0increasing\u00a0its efforts to suppress speech, arguing that the Digital Services Act is needed to \u2018protect democracy\u2019 from so-called \u2018misinformation\u2019, \u2018disinformation\u2019 and \u2018hate speech\u2019 online.<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u201cAs we saw clearly from Thierry Breton\u2019s letter to Elon Musk this summer, warning him not to breach the DSA ahead of his interview with Donald Trump, the DSA will be used to censor views disfavoured by those in power.<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u201cThe DSA poses a grave threat to the fundamental right to freedom of expression, guaranteed to every person under international law. It is not the place of any authority to impose a narrow view of acceptable speech on the rest of society.<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u201cThe effects of the DSA will not be confined to Europe. There are legitimate worries that the DSA could censor the speech of citizens across the world, as social media companies could regulate their content globally to comply with European standards.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p>Other measures announced by Commissioner Virkkunen included making a previously voluntary code of conduct on \u201cillegal hate speech online\u201d legally binding and advancing a framework called the European Democracy Shield (EDS).<\/p><p>The EDS uses fact checkers and NGOs to combat so-called \u201cforeign information manipulation, interference, and disinformation\u201d.<\/p><p>Under the DSA, social media platforms can face massive fines of up to 6% of global annual turnover for failing to remove so-called \u201cmisinformation\u201d, \u201cdisinformation\u201d and \u201chate speech\u201d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e72f827 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget 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