'Sheep for hire': Trump, Musk and Zuckerberg's dangerous plan for Europe

[RainCaster]

Source: France 24

The European Union has long been one of the safest digital spaces for internet users. But that was before Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House and before two of today's tech titans – Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg – were essentially handed carte blanche to declare war on the EU’s digital defences. Some say the trio has even more sinister plans in the making.

Barely two weeks ahead of Trump’s inauguration, Mark Zuckerberg, the head of Facebook parent company Meta, threw down the gauntlet.

“We’re seeing an ever-increasing number of laws institutionalising censorship,” he railed in a five-minute video posted across social media on January 7. “And we're going to work with President Trump to push back on governments around the world that are going after American businesses."

His statement was a veiled threat directed at the EU, where increasingly stringent digital laws have already cost his interests more than a billion dollars in fines over the past few years.

Read more: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250117-sheep-for-hire-trump-musk-and-zuckerberg-s-dangerous-plan-for-europe

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This is a very lengthy read but worth the time to understand the European take on the incoming administration.

[Cha]

1. Rot in your own

Inferno of HELL Mump

[BadgerKid]

2. I wonder what EU laws are in terms decency standards and "equal time" for multiple viewpoints.

[Mike 03]

3. Prepare to witness corruption on a scale that will make

Trump's first term seem like a kid shoplifting sweets before Easter.

[LeftInTX]

4. They should just ban the apps. That will change things real quick.

[MadameButterfly]

5. I wish they would

Don't let the oligarchs take over Europe. Without the competition from Meta, they can start their own. Maybe the new ones will take off and come over here, appealing to the non-fascist crowd.

New apps designed to avoid the pitfalls of the current apps, now that we understand the threat.