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E.U. Censorship Laws Mostly Suppress Legal Speech
European speech regulations reach way too far to muzzle perfectly acceptable content.
The DSA "gives way too much power to government agencies to flag and remove potentially illegal content and to uncover data about anonymous speakers," cautioned the Electronic Frontier Foundation in 2022. In the case of Germany, where NetzDG's restrictions are in effect, the report speculates that social media companies "may over-remove content with the objective of avoiding the legislation's hefty fine." In July 2023, European Union Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton warned internet firms that "if they don't act immediately" to remove content government officials consider unacceptable "at that point we'll be able not only to impose a fine but also to ban the operation [of the platforms] on our territory."
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