EU Doubles Down on Censorship

The war over censorship between the United States and Europe is still going strong. 

Europe and the UK have dug in their heels on the issue and are even expanding their powers, as the United States keeps increasing the pressure to pull back from their fascistic efforts to silence all dissent from the transnationalist agenda. 

BREAKING: In an exclusive op-ed for @FDRLST, Marco Rubio says he and the Trump administration are dismantling the censorship-industrial complex, and admits that The Federalist was maliciously censored by our own government because of our reporting. pic.twitter.com/io2IFQFU9m

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) April 16, 2025

In response to criticism from America and an increasing number of Europeans, they are doubling down on their policies and becoming increasingly secretive about their moves. They are closing the doors on their meetings and making their communications even more secretive. It’s gotten to the point that the censors are making it impossible to discuss what they are doing, at least outside the anodyne statements they make about how they are keeping Europeans safe from “hate speech.”

Incredible. The public pressure on the EU over its Digital Censorship Act has led EU censors to move to closed-doors meetings and auto-delete messages in coordinating their censorship ops. https://t.co/P4xVnAuBSx pic.twitter.com/98J7W9mkBb

— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) February 17, 2026

I’ve covered this issue extensively, and I could write about the issue daily. As a practical matter, in Great Britain, the target is mostly discussion of Christianity, prayers, and anything that resembles criticism of Islam or Muslims. 

BREAKING: Police arrest Christian pastor and visit his home after he commented on Islam and trans ideology while street preaching in Bristol.

Dia Moodley was arrested on suspicion of “inciting religious hatred”.

His “crime”? Peacefully preaching. What’s happening in the UK? 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/rXFB2q2UV5

— ADF International (@ADFIntl) February 16, 2026

In continental Europe, the breadth is much wider, protecting politicians, suppressing opposition politicians, and making election interference against nationalist politicians easier. Promoting Islamism is still a key goal, of course, but destroying political parties like the AfD and direct interference in Eastern European elections is as important to the transnational elite. 

No, this isn’t a paraphrase.

He actually said all this. And this is when I’m least supportive of our continued propping up of Western Europe.

If they want this level of authoritarianism, we might as well save the money and let Russia take them over. https://t.co/jCSpjfxmMo

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) February 18, 2026

The EU’s DSA has taken aim at X in particular, threatening massive fines for allowing speech even in foreign countries like the US (the Biden administration worked with European countries to identify Americans who should be censored), and the UK’s “independent” Center for Countering Digital Hate made destroying X its top priority. 

Insanity. Where the hell is our US Ambassador. This is an American company, operating lawfully with the consent of the Hungarian gov’t, and a foreign 3rd-party gov’t who wants to rig Hungary’s election is prying open X to try to do it. Will our State Dept fight for X? https://t.co/hsuiGDMrXd

— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) February 18, 2026

They aren’t backing down, even under pressure from the Trump administration. Instead, they have made censorship a pillar of their political strategy. 

“We aren’t censorship central!
Look at this Press Freedom Index!”

Kaja Kallas just tried to use her own receipt to prove she paid for “freedom.”

Marco Rubio called out EU censorship in Munich, and the EU’s response was to cite a scoreboard they literally pay to maintain.… pic.twitter.com/n8TYgpPk8e

— The Rabbit Void (@joehansen) February 15, 2026

And with good reason. The transnationalist agenda is in deep political trouble on the continent, and the elites have lost control over The Narrative. That is why there are daily raids on dissenters, putting people in jail for disapproved speech and the seizure of electronic devices that can be used to speak freely.

2/7 For 4 years they told us nobody coordinated anything.

The government was “just sharing views.” The platforms were “just enforcing policies.” CCDH was “just publishing reports.”

3 weeks ago, CCDH told a Florida court it never even COMMUNICATED with the White House.

21 days… pic.twitter.com/BTXA5Ao24w

— Sayer Ji (@sayerjigmi) February 11, 2026

The hoax industrial complex, upon which The Narrative is built, is eroding due to the ability of people who are interested in seeing reality for themselves. The hoaxes are, of course, one of the pillars of the Narrative™ building, but eliminating disapproved speech is another. 

🚨🚨Liars get far with the Center For Countering Digital Hate (CCDH)! Damian Collins who works as a director at CCDH presently works at Orbis with Christopher Steele! You know the dude that wrote the Trump Russia hoax dossier? Why would a CCDH director of an org that specializes… https://t.co/FhR7Mc6v39 pic.twitter.com/Fno3rO1d7D

— Bad Kitty Unleashed 🦁 💪🏻 (@pepesgrandma) February 15, 2026

Elites around the world still place censorship as a key element of their efforts to transform society using totalitarian means, and there is no indication that they intend to stop. 

Vance and Rubio have made fighting censorship one of the pillars of American policy. There’s no indication that the battle will end any time soon. 

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