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Venture capitalist and Twitter CEO Elon Musk appears ready to defy the European Union and its member states on their censorship laws.
While officials in the Biden administration have made clear that they do not approve of Muskâs acquisition of Twitter, there is very little they can do on free speech grounds. Some have discussed opening an anti-trust investigation in to Muskâs acquisition of the social media giant, however.
Some European Union states, such as Germany, require social media companies to censor on the governmentâs behalf if posts violate the countryâs laws on hate speech.
The European Parliament also passed a sweeping law that will allow the EU to impose fines on social media platforms that do not comply with its prohibition on hate speech by 2024…
