{"id":304754,"date":"2025-12-25T00:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T00:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/whats-behind-the-trump-admins-claim-that-the-eu-digital-services-act-censors-free-speech\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T00:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T00:00:14","slug":"whats-behind-the-trump-admins-claim-that-the-eu-digital-services-act-censors-free-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/whats-behind-the-trump-admins-claim-that-the-eu-digital-services-act-censors-free-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s behind the Trump admin&#8217;s claim that the EU Digital Services Act &#8216;censors&#8217; free speech?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/uatVLQGuFzc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What's behind the Trump admin's claim that the EU Digital Services Act 'censors' free speech?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uatVLQGuFzc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has banned former European Union Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton and four anti-disinformation campaigners from entering the US. As Internal Market Commissioner, Breton helped formulate the EU&#8217;s Digital Services Act, which Washington says unfairly targets US tech giants. The European Commission says it &quot;strongly condemns&quot; the decision.  Writing on social media, Breton also rejected the accusation behind the entry ban, suggesting the US is engaged in what he called a &quot;witch hunt&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Chapter Breakdown<br \/>\n0:00 US bans former EU tech regulator Thierry Breton from entering the US<br \/>\n0:35 David Kaye, Law Professor at the University of California Irvine and former UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expresson on Trump admin&#8217;s visa restrictions<br \/>\n5:36 Teri Schultz, DW Correspondent, on EU&#8217;s response to visa ban<\/p>\n<p>#eudigitalservicesact<br \/>\n#trumpfreespeech<br \/>\n#bigtech<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration has banned former European Union Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton and four anti-disinformation campaigners from entering the US. As Internal Market Commissioner, Breton helped formulate the EU&#8217;s Digital Services Act, which Washington says unfairly targets US tech giants. The European Commission says it &quot;strongly condemns&quot; the decision. 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