Donald Trump’s government will ban the visa to foreign officials that considers that they censor Americans. The Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said Wednesday, who presented a new policy that would aim at those who regulate social media companies.
Rubio did not mention any specific cases of censorship, but the American technology companies and the Trump government They challenged their allies in Europeclaiming censorship of social media platforms.
Rubio said in a statement that The new visa restriction policy will apply to foreign citizens responsible for the censorship of expressions Protected in the US.
US will veto foreign officials for “flagrant censorship” of social networks
The main American diplomat said it was unacceptable that officials from other countries issue or threaten arrest orders for publications on social networks made on American soil.
“In the same way, it is unacceptable that foreign officials require that American technological platforms adopt global content moderation policies or participate in censorship activities that go beyond their authority and reach the US,” Rubio added.
Some foreign officials undertook “flagrant censorship actions against American technology companies, citizens and residents when they have no authority for it.”
Companies as a goal said A law of moderation of EU content, the Digital Services Law, is equivalent to censoring its platforms. EU officials defended the law, whose objective is to make the environment online safer.
This measure would be forcing technological giants to deal with illegal content, including hate speeches and child sexual abuse material.
“Either in Latin America, in Europe or anywhere else, the days of passive treatment for those who work to undermine the rights of Americans have ended,” Rubio added in a publication on social networks.
Elon Musk questioned Donald Trump’s fiscal plan in the US: “I’m disappointed”
Elon Muskwho until recently led the Government Efficiency Department (Doge)harshly criticized the New fiscal reform PROMBER BY THE PRESIDENT Donald Trumpa standard that extends the tax cuts approved in 2017 in exchange for strong reductions in social spending. The businessman questioned the economic effects of the law and regretted that weakens team efforts that he himself headed.
“I have disappointed to see the huge expenditure bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not only reduces it, and undermines the work that the Doge team is doing”, Musk said in an advance of an interview that will be broadcast on the weekend. The criticism was known the same day that a rocket of Spacex He suffered a new failure during a flight test, the third consecutive setback for his aerospace company.
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