EU regulators are coercing US platforms to censor American speech. The Digital Services Act (DSA) threatens fines up to 6% of global revenue unless companies rewrite moderation policies worldwide. The House Judiciary Committee’s July 2025 report confirms it.
“The DSA is forcing companies to change their global content moderation policies. Nonpublic materials obtained by the Committee from the May 2025 workshop make clear that Commission regulators expect platforms to change their worldwide terms and conditions to comply with DSA obligations.” https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/foreign-censorship-threat-how-european-unions-digital-services-act-compels
“European censors target core political speech that is neither harmful nor illegal, attempting to stifle debate on topics such as immigration and the environment.” https://www.politico.eu/article/us-congress-eu-digital-services-act-foreign-censorship/
“Camouflaged as a regulation to increase online safety, the DSA lets European regulators suppress speech globally by threatening fines up to 6% of global revenue against platforms, based anywhere, that refuse to censor humor, satire, and core political speech.” https://justthenews.com/government/congress/house-judiciary-chairman-jordan-panel-members-visit-europe-over-free-speech
“EU regulators are using the DSA to coerce American social media companies to fundamentally alter their global content moderation policies to align with their demands.” https://netchoice.org/house-judiciary-exposes-global-censorship-threat-posed-by-the-eus-digital-services-act/
Kamala Harris’s slogan “We need to take back our country” was flagged as hate speech in EU workshops. No explanation. No rebuttal. No press coverage. The phrase is still used by sitting officials. The EU treats it as illegal.
X was threatened with a billion-dollar fine for refusing to censor political content. The term used was “non-compliance with disinformation standards.” No definition provided. No appeal process. The threat was delivered in writing.
Platforms are rewriting global terms to avoid fines. American users are being moderated under foreign law. The First Amendment doesn’t apply. The EU doesn’t need jurisdiction. It has leverage.
