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It begins. The EU lawmaker who was in charge of digital affairs during 🇪🇺President von der Leyen's first term has been banned from entering the United States, because the 🇺🇸 tech giants and government don't like the EU's tech laws. What will be the 🇪🇺President's response?

theguardian.comFormer EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulatorsState department accuses group of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints through regulation of disinformation

What's beginning is the use of sanctions against European lawmakers to intimidate them into striking down laws 🇺🇸 doesn't like. That's been threatened for a few months but this is the 1st time they've done it. I'll be writing a Substack about what comes next later today.

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