Trump Administration Bars Former Eu Official And Anti-disinformation And Hate Researchers From Us

Thierry Breton, erstwhile EU Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, speaks astatine nan arena "Economic Transformation, Net-Zero Valley and Digitalization" successful May 2024.

On Tuesday, nan Trump Administration followed done connected a threat of retaliation targeting foreigners who are progressive successful contented moderation. The State Department announced sanctions barring US access for erstwhile EU commissioner Thierry Breton, arsenic good arsenic 4 researchers, while issuing an intentionally chilling threat to others, pinch Secretary of State Marco Rubio claiming, "The State Department stands fresh and consenting to grow today's database if different overseas actors do not reverse course."

One of nan researchers nan State Department says is banned and now deportable, is Imran Ahmed, who runs nan Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), an …

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