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(Today’s America First Newsletter)—Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter, I have been skeptical of his intentions. But a Friday morning bombshell highlights a reason that my skepticism may be misplaced.
Margarethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, declared that Musk’s X platform, formerly Twitter, “doesn’t comply with the DSA in key transparency areas. It misleads users, fails to provide adequate ad repository and blocks access to data for researchers.”
She added, “It’s the first time we issue preliminary findings under the Digital Services Act.”
In response, Elon Musk dropped a bombshell.
“The European Commission offered 𝕏 an illegal secret deal: if we quietly censored speech without telling anyone, they would not fine us,” he said in a post on X. “The other platforms accepted that deal. 𝕏 did not.”
Wow. As I’ve discussed recently on my show, the “freedom of speech but not of reach” stance at X is only acceptable if the company is willing to stand strong for ALL types of legal free speech. If Musk’s accusation is legitimate, then it would seem his platform is truly doing what they claim.
The European Commission is just one of many globalist organizations seeking to control the narrative around the world, particularly on the internet. Unfortunately, the vast majority of Big Tech and legacy media companies will comply with censorship demands all too willingly. In fact, they agree with the globalist stance on “misinformation” and want nothing more than to have a free pass to censor people.
In their battle with Musk, it’s ironic that the European Commission is accusing X over a lack of transparency while highlighting that the company does not allow sufficient access to our data for “researchers.” In other words, they want to better understand how to not only control the narrative but to wield it in a way that herds the masses toward the prescribed worldview. Musk won’t allow that.
Kudos to Musk and X for standing strong on this important issue. I still do not fully trust him, but credit should go where credit is deserved.
Today’s Links:
- PJ Media – Dem Donors Hold $90 Million Hostage Unless Biden Exits the Race
- The Gateway Pundit – Georgia State Election Board Calls Emergency Meeting as Fulton County Unlawfully Creates “Team of Monitors” for 2024 Election That Was Not Approved by the State
- The Epoch Times – It’s Crunch Time for Trump to Name VP Pick
- Just The News – Project 2025 Author Challenges Critics to ‘Go Read It’, Notes Project Predates Trump’s Campaign
- Zero Hedge – Zelensky Angry US Won’t Lift Restrictions on Strikes Deeper Into Russia
- Conservative Brief – Trump Requests Judge In NY Overturn Guilty Verdict After SCOTUS ‘Immunity’ Ruling
- Based Underground – Scientific “Breakthrough” Makes Lab-Grown “Meat” Sort of Taste Like Real Beef
- Slay News – Blueprint for Covid Lockdowns Created 17 Years Ago, Docs Show
- The College Fix – South Carolina Med School to Stop Prescribing Transgender Drugs
- Townhall – Here’s How Democrats Are Going After Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers
- OutKick – Serena Williams Uses ESPYs Monologue to Suggest Only White People Like Caitlin Clark
- Breitbart – Italian PM Giorgia Meloni Makes Faces Waiting for Joe Biden at NATO Summit
- Not The Bee – This Taxpayer-Funded Los Angeles Non-Profit Appears to Have Turned Into a Crack House
- American Thinker – Lefty NPCs Will Be the Death of Us All
The JD Rucker Show – Notes:
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health Puts up Billboards Warning Women About Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers That Don’t Kill Your Baby
- The Truth About Abortion in America
- Eric Adams Calls Sanctuary City Policies a ‘Mistake,’ Says He Would Support Rollback
- 85,000 ‘Unaccompanied Minors’ Went Missing After Biden Admin. Left Them w/ Sponsors
- Head of AI Safety Agency Could Facilitate ‘Government-Big Tech Collusion‘
- Euthanasia Soars Among Covid-Vaccinated
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