'Sheep for hire': Trump, Musk and Zuckerberg's dangerous plan for Europe

[RainCaster]

Source: France 24

The European Union has long been one of the safest digital spaces for internet users. But that was before Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House and before two of today's tech titans – Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg – were essentially handed carte blanche to declare war on the EU’s digital defences. Some say the trio has even more sinister plans in the making.

Barely two weeks ahead of Trump’s inauguration, Mark Zuckerberg, the head of Facebook parent company Meta, threw down the gauntlet.

“We’re seeing an ever-increasing number of laws institutionalising censorship,” he railed in a five-minute video posted across social media on January 7. “And we're going to work with President Trump to push back on governments around the world that are going after American businesses."

His statement was a veiled threat directed at the EU, where increasingly stringent digital laws have already cost his interests more than a billion dollars in fines over the past few years.

Read more: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250117-sheep-for-hire-trump-musk-and-zuckerberg-s-dangerous-plan-for-europe

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This is a very lengthy read but worth the time to understand the European take on the incoming administration.

[Cha]

1. Rot in your own

Inferno of HELL Mump

[BadgerKid]

2. I wonder what EU laws are in terms decency standards and "equal time" for multiple viewpoints.

[Mike 03]

3. Prepare to witness corruption on a scale that will make

Trump's first term seem like a kid shoplifting sweets before Easter.

[prodigitalson]

8. yeah, any plan involving those three is more accurately called a conspiracy

[LeftInTX]

4. They should just ban the apps. That will change things real quick.

[MadameButterfly]

5. I wish they would

Don't let the oligarchs take over Europe. Without the competition from Meta, they can start their own. Maybe the new ones will take off and come over here, appealing to the non-fascist crowd.

New apps designed to avoid the pitfalls of the current apps, now that we understand the threat.

[Roy Rolling]

6. Not My America

And we're going to work with President Trump to push back on governments around the world that are going after American businesses."

“American businesses” my ass. Crybaby businesses sucking up to der furher he means.

[Karasu]

7. Because dooming the US to ignominious oblivion just wasn't enough.

[niyad]

9. KNR and bookmarking for later. It is too early in the morning to start

screaming.

[berniesandersmittens]

11. I hear ya

I'm gonna have to take a break and do something less stressful. Like bingewatch all of The Purge movies.

[PortTack]

10. I like France24 as a news source, but from what I've read about Germany and the uk warning mush, it isn't

Going to happen

[AKwannabe]

12. Book banning is censorship

wtf?

Oh wait.
Banning books doesn’t cost them $$

Ok. Never mind

[HarryM]

13. I believe what they are really peeved about is

The tighter government regulation on industries in the EU. Some regulation which takes PEOPLE more into account than shareholders or corporations.
I am sure that Zuck and Muskrat are unnerved with the General Data Protection Regulation which means that people can opt out of having their personal data taken. This cuts into their profits that they get from selling people's data. The GDPR also is in effect even if a site is not in the EU. There are very heavy fines for violations. They are not fooling around.
I think that the Felon-In-Chief is getting his orders from his "donors."
For a fuller explanation of the GDPR look here:https://gdpr.eu/what-is-gdpr/