BRUSSELS, Belgium (PNN) - September 18, 2024 - Free speech advocates are cheering the
resignation of Thierry Breton, a senior European Commission official who pressured social media companies to censor users.
As European commissioner for internal market, Breton lassoed tech platforms into complying with the Digital Services Act (DSA). The DSA, which became law last year, requires social media companies to suppress and demonetize anything that it calls “disinformation”; this is official censorship and it is absolutely unlawful.