Go Woke, Go Broke(?)

NPR:

The European Union has announced a fine of $140 million against Elon Musk's X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, for several failures to comply with rules governing large digital platforms. A European Commission spokesperson said the fine against X's holding company was due to the platform's misleading use of a blue check mark to identify verified users, a poorly functioning advertising repository, and a failure to provide effective data access for researchers.

(That was reported over three weeks ago, now, BTW.)

Amazing to watch Baker’s continued descent into rabid, foaming partisanship. “Fight disinformation and online abuse” is
quite the way for a “journalist” to describe overt and malicious censorship of American speech by foreigners. https://t.co/75lQULuYnd

— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) December 25, 2025

Trump administration sanctions five foreigners it considers at odds with American values: Russians? Chinese? Iranians? No, Europeans who fight disinformation and online abuse but stand accused by Trump officials of censorship. @satariano https://t.co/FSOB28ezqI

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) December 25, 2025

I would love just one MAGAt on Twitter to explain:

A) accurately what the EU did to Twitter, and why: and 

B) what it has to do with “overt and malicious censorship of American speech by foreigners.” Or why it is censorship of free speech, period.

And $140 million? Musk has that much in the couch cushions.