United States President Donald Trump called the fine imposed on Brussels on social media “very unpleasant,” Trump said when asked by reporters about the issue. “Europe is on the wrong track, it is very bad for citizens,” he said.
The president thus reacted to the fine of 130 million euros from the European Commission (EC) imposed on Elon Musk’s social network for do not respect their transparency obligations according to the Community Digital Services Act. “Elon didn’t call me for help,” the president said.
“I don’t think it’s fair. I don’t see how they can do that. I’ll talk about it later. I’ll get a full report on it. Look, Europe “must be very careful when doing many things”Trump added.
The EC explained in a statement that some of the violations committed by the social network include the “misleading design” of its blue check markthe lack of transparency of its advertising repository and the lack of access to public data for researchers. The American president assured that he wanted to “keep Europe” as a partner, but that this decision was “very bad”. “We don’t want Europe to change so much. They made very bad decisions. This one was very important,” he stressed.
The Trump administration often accuses the European Union of wanting to “censor” their regulatory policies social media and hate speech. In the report that sets the foreign policy guidelines for Trump’s second term, the White House warns that the so-called censorship and immigration policies of the countries of the community will mean the end of European civilization.
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