This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Hibapress / Le Monde
The European Union appears helpless to counter the full-scale attack led by the American president-elect and big tech against legislation aimed at regulating its digital space.
The offensive is launched and it promises to be serious. Led in the name of freedom of expression by Donald Trump and the American tech giants, first and foremost Elon Musk’s social network of Brussels which has earned billions of euros in fines from Apple, Google and Facebook in recent years.
The rallying to this fight of Mark Zuckerberg – whom Donald Trump, exasperated at having been banned from Facebook and Instagram after the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, until recently promised to put in prison – is a hard blow for the Union. On January 7, the boss of Meta, in turn, pledged allegiance to the elected president. “We will work with President Trump to put pressure on governments around the world that are attacking American businesses,” he said.
By announcing the end of fact checking for his group in the United States and denouncing “censorship” by the European Union (EU), he also adopted the rhetoric of Elon Musk. In recent weeks, Mr. Musk, who will be responsible for “government efficiency” in the future Trump administration.
