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The EU Bureaucrat Trying to Censor American Speech
The EU warned that “any negative effect of illegal content” discussed by Musk and Trump might threaten access to their conversation. (Illustration by The Free Press)
In a letter to Musk, an EU bureaucrat warned that access to his interview with Trump could be denied in Europe. Some in the U.S. looked on with envy.
By Oliver Wiseman
08.13.24 — U.S. Politics
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Thierry Breton is not a governor, a senator, or a member of Congress. He is the digital commissioner of the EU—in other words, an unelected bureaucrat who has no business weighing in on American politics. 

But on Monday afternoon Breton did just that when he sent X CEO Elon Musk a letter. In it—and it’s worth reading the whole thing—Breton said he was wr…

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Oliver Wiseman
Oliver Wiseman is the deputy editor of The Free Press. Previously, he was the executive editor of The Spectator World and a regular contributor to UnHerd, City Journal, the Evening Standard, and a range of other publications.
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