
X Retaliates To Record EU Fine by Blocking European Commission From Advertising
Tensions escalating: U.S. officials accuse Brussels of targeting American tech companies—X insists the Commission misused a loophole in its ad system.

Tensions escalating: U.S. officials accuse Brussels of targeting American tech companies—X insists the Commission misused a loophole in its ad system.

How does Brussels still delude itself into believing there is no free-speech crisis in Europe?

Following regulatory pressure, Facebook and Instagram users will now apparently see fewer personalised ads.

While Brussels railed, Marco Rubio condemned the EU fine on X, describing it as “an attack on all American tech platforms and the American people.”

The clash between the X owner and Brussels exposes the legitimacy crisis of a divided European Union.

While EU officials gave decidedly measured responses, other European voices called the Trump administration “dangerous” and “no longer an ally.”

Marco Rubio described the European Commission’s penalty as “an attack on all American tech platforms.”

Brussels officials insist the penalty imposed on X is about compliance, not restricting free speech.

The challenge before us is not technical but philosophical. Do we trust Europeans to speak freely, or do we quietly believe that democracy is safest when domesticated?

As the youth is shifting towards the Right, Brussels is ramping up their limitations to online information.