US STATE DEPT. SANCTIONS 5 EURO CENSORS OVER CHRISTMAS
So here we have Ursula von der Leyen describing free speech as a virus and censorship as its vaccine....... pic.twitter.com/ApIUT4UMPq
— Richard (@ricwe123) December 24, 2025
Over Christmas the X platform was awash with posts, either in support of the measure or in outrage against it. It shows how deep Europe is now burrowed in on the framing of free speech as 'hate speech' or as misinformation that needs to be banned in order to keep 'democracy safe'.
External readingJust The News: "Rubio imposes visa restrictions on European officials who attempted to censor American free speech"
Today, the United States issued SANCTIONS reinforcing the "red line" I invoked on @GBNEWS. Namely: extraterritorial censorship of Americans.Today's sanctions target the censorship-NGO ecosystem.🧵 https://t.co/kaefDo11uh— Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers (@UnderSecPD) December 23, 2025
None of those sanctioned is a current UK or EU official—however, we know that foreign government officials are actively targeting the United States. This week, the UK’s Liberal Democrats claimed President’s Trump National Security Strategy amounts to “foreign interference” by a…
— Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers (@UnderSecPD) December 23, 2025
Our targets are foreign, but you'll notice that some collaborated with U.S. bureaucrats on Murthy-style speech suppression. Don't worry: we're pursuing transparency, truth, and reconciliation at the @StateDept, too.
— Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers (@UnderSecPD) December 23, 2025
WE’VE SANCTIONED: Thierry Breton, a mastermind of the Digital Services Act. In August 2024, while serving as European Commissioner for Internal Markets and Digital Services, he published a letter using the DSA to threaten @elonmusk ahead of his livestream interview with President…
— Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers (@UnderSecPD) December 23, 2025
WE’VE SANCTIONED: Imran Ahmed, key collaborator with the Biden Administration’s effort to weaponize the government against U.S. citizens. Ahmed’s group, Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), created the infamous “disinformation dozen” report, which called for platforms to…
— Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers (@UnderSecPD) December 23, 2025
WE'VE SANCTIONED: Clare Melford. She leads Global Disinformation Index (GDI), a UK-based organization that monitors websites for “hate speech” and “disinformation”. If you question Canadian blood libels about residential schools, you're engaging in “hate speech” according to… pic.twitter.com/5F3fU4hf4R
— Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers (@UnderSecPD) December 23, 2025
WE'VE SANCTIONED: Anna-Lena von Hodenberg, the leader and founder of HateAid, a German organization founded after the 2017 German federal elections to counter conservative groups. HateAid is an official “trusted flagger” (a censor) under the EU’s anti-speech Digital Services Act…
— Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers (@UnderSecPD) December 23, 2025
WE’VE SANCTIONED: Josephine Ballon, co-leader of HateAid, who flags disfavored speech throughout Europe under the Digital Services Act. In addition to her running an official “trusted flagger” body under the DSA, she serves on Germany’s Advisory Council of the Digital Services…
— Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers (@UnderSecPD) December 23, 2025
Let’s not forget: Thierry Breton didn’t just push censorship — he issued a legal warning to X and Elon Musk ahead of the Donald Trump interview.That wasn’t regulation — it was foreign interference in an American election, and he was fired for it. https://t.co/6qNjjnwrtO— Desiree Fixler (@desireefixler) December 24, 2025
Britain Has Officially Criminalized Journalism - by @Jonathan_K_Cook‘Reporting facts in Keir Starmer’s Britain can now land you in jail for 14 years as a terrorist. This is what authoritarian governments do…It makes it a terrorism offence for a person to express “an opinion…— 💧Mary Kostakidis (@MaryKostakidis) December 22, 2025
🔥 “I wasn’t warned. I wasn’t contacted. I found out on the radio that I was being sanctioned by the EU.”🚨 Former Swiss intelligence officer Col. Jacques Baud reveals how the EU put him on a sanctions list with zero due process.💬 “My accounts were frozen. I can’t travel. I… pic.twitter.com/gR9cO0PFa6— Daniel Davis Deep Dive (@DanielLDavis1) December 22, 2025
This is how the blob weaponizes government agencies for censorship. First, they spread disinfo. They then use it to demand censorship. They use fake NGOs like "Hate Aid" is to deceive public into thinking their illegal censorship is legal. "Trusted flaggers" = government agents. https://t.co/0cZyAOfXfM
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) December 24, 2025
I am very grateful that @shellenberger publishes my investigation on HateAid and how this organization helped to create the german censorship complex. Read the full article here:https://t.co/WBrsxGlc2s
— Pauline Voss (@Pauline__Voss) December 26, 2025
Here we have German prosecutors joking about how fast a person can be thrown in jail for an "offensive tweet" pic.twitter.com/szCYoWLRc6
— Richard (@ricwe123) December 26, 2025
Speaking as someone who spent years living in Europe while I defended them with millions of other Americans because they were unable to do so on their own, you need to understand something about Europeans.The existence of America humiliates them, as it should.It absolutely…— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) December 24, 2025
Apparently traveling to the EU is a privilege, but traveling to the US is a human right. https://t.co/EKlpoURcTZ pic.twitter.com/IYZdY1T57N
— Laura Powell (@LauraPowellEsq) December 25, 2025
I have liberal friends who refuse to believe this is happening, thinking it must be a loony right-wing conspiracy theory.Wrong.It is illegal in Germany & UK to insult someone & the punishment is worse for online than in person.Even RTing an "insulting" post is illegal. https://t.co/dAuEE3o68m— Michael Shermer (@michaelshermer) December 25, 2025
‼️‼️‼️HUGE: the U.S. State department has just CONDEMNED the UK’s decision to prosecute a Christian woman who silently prayed near an abortion clinic.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👇 https://t.co/0i1OPfN7Ck— Lois McLatchie Miller (@LoisMcLatch) December 23, 2025
1/🚨 BREAKING: Imran Ahmed—the architect of CCDH’s “Disinformation Dozen” censorship campaign—is now pleading the First Amendment, claiming “constitutional protection” from U.S. government action.The irony and hypocrisy is staggering. 🧵👇 pic.twitter.com/uBzvPwJZ53— Sayer Ji (@sayerjigmi) December 25, 2025
The leader of German Greens had the audacity to castigate the US for its travel ban on the founders of HateAid. But was it not her party that agreed to banning me from travelling to Germany for the crime of opposing genocide? https://t.co/PUAYcJuV9b
— Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis) December 26, 2025
Never forget this when bureaucrats try to sell you on the idea that they’re protecting democracy https://t.co/j13o9gxNYK pic.twitter.com/hCcP2oKfgn
— Rob Roos 🇳🇱 (@Rob_Roos) December 25, 2025
The Sanction of Col. Jacques Baud: A Case Against Democracy“All my bank accounts are frozen, and I’m not allowed to travel within the EU. That means that I’m not allowed to go back to my country... I’m accused of making propaganda for Russia and responsible for implementing… pic.twitter.com/tRoCfgkOn0— 🅰pocalypsis 🅰pocalypseos 🇷🇺 🇨🇳 🅉 (@apocalypseos) December 23, 2025
It's absolutely ludicrous that in 2025, a dedicated teacher like Enoch Burke is spending yet another Christmas behind bars, all because he refuses to pretend a child isn't the sex they were born as. Biology isn't a feeling, it's a fact. No one should be compelled to deny reality… https://t.co/DbbNdGCUel
— ExWren (@VoWalesWren) December 24, 2025
One of the individuals now banned by the United States for participating in the censorship industrial complex was also linked to the group of roughly 100 UK political operatives who travelled to the United States during the 2024 election cycle to work against Trump’s re-election.… pic.twitter.com/bDZ3ikJdOc
— Laura Aboli Official (@LauraAboli_X) December 25, 2025
The EU has declared all out information war on its own residents and citizens. The stuff of nightmares. https://t.co/sOgDA4pn1A
— Alexandros Marinos 🏴☠️ (@alexandrosM) December 28, 2025
🇪🇺 ALL-IN PODCAST NAMES EUROPE'S SPEECH CRACKDOWN "POLITICAL LOSER OF 2025"The numbers are staggering.David Friedberg broke down Europe's war on free expression during the All-In Podcast's year-end awards:UK: 3,000+ arrests for "malicious communication," mostly fines but… pic.twitter.com/UaqzzTcIqF— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) December 27, 2025
Says the head of a country that arrests around 12,000 people a year over online speech. This is straight out of Orwell’s 1984. https://t.co/JbST72i315
— Martin A. Armstrong (@ArmstrongEcon) December 25, 2025
Macron: Measures to sanction EU citizens "amount to intimidation and coercion aimed at undermining European digital sovereignty".EU: Sanctions 59 journalists and public figures for merely expressing their views in the digital media, criticised as "misinformation". https://t.co/zlUYktqkqG— Richard Werner (@scientificecon) December 24, 2025
Sanctioned censorship operative Imran Ahmed personally led the charge to get Zerohedge and many US websites defunded, while even working with US policymakers to do it. https://t.co/wGbjvLx0dh
— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) December 24, 2025
Macron said Europeans were “completely wrong to use social networks for information” and should instead depend on journalists and established outlets. For context on how French “independent” media function in practice: https://t.co/Lac0vyMruu— Pavel Durov (@durov) December 24, 2025
Imagine the brass neck you must have to say this with a straight face just days after deciding to steal another €100 billion from European taxpayers and send it to Ukraine to fuel the war that is one of the main reasons for the cost-of-living crisis in the first place. https://t.co/0SbHKVBbvj
— Thomas Fazi (@battleforeurope) December 24, 2025
The EUs hypocrisy is flabbergasting. I lost my livelihood in 2021 for debating the Covid-19 measures on public TV. Cancelled, social media accounts taken down, ridiculed, smear campaign, silenced, followed, and bank accounts blocked. I left the EU for a reason. Free speech? https://t.co/GKbHzmcGC1
— Sam Brokken (@RealSamBrokken) December 26, 2025
Irony has a name and a face. And it's hilarious! Best Christmas present evah! Yeah! https://t.co/gOtUvkOxIp
— 🏛 Kassandra Troy ☦ (@KassieTroy) December 25, 2025
This is a huge escalation. For the first time ever the US started sanctioning former senior EU officials, namely former European Commissioner Thierry Breton.If anyone doubted there was a Euro-US split going on, this is yet another hostile action by the US that makes it loud and… https://t.co/4QMRNlldxJ— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) December 24, 2025
The banana republic and soon-to-be dictatorship, the USA, is openly fighting the EU.The US has imposed visa sanctions on former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton and anti-disinformation campaigners, - ReutersThe Trump administration stated that these individuals are involved in… pic.twitter.com/8XS4WS0iBK— Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 (@jurgen_nauditt) December 24, 2025
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