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Well, that ain't as bad news/punishment as it used to be.

Not many people want to visit the US under Trump anymore and many countries already have travel advisories for the US now.

At some point you need to draw a hard line in sand when it comes to people trying to actively supress freedom of expression.

Otherwise they just keep trying and trying. A bully won't stop until he gets punched in the face, and this is what the USA did to the EU bully bureaucrats pushing their will everywhere.

Shame that so few of us Europeans do the same.

Also banned: “Imran Ahmed, the British CEO of the US-based Center for Countering Digital Hate; Anna-Lena von Hodenberg and Josephine Ballon of the German non-profit HateAid; and Clare Melford, co-founder of the Global Disinformation Index”

The bullies are anti-disinformation and anti-hate speech activists?

The USA using its diplomatic power to become a defender of hate-speech and disinformation?

I guess when JD Vance deliberately snubbed the democratically elected government of the country when visiting Germany and instead spent his time with a far-right neo-nazi party, it should have been clear which way the wind was blowing.

Leading with a generic bit on misinformation will get major eye rolls after what happened during covid.
As a European I’m pleased to see consequences for these arrogant unelected bureaucrats. Breton, in particular, seemed to delight in attacking free speech.

Breton once threatened Musk simply for hosting an interview with the democratically-elected President of the US on X:

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-elon-musk-donald-trump-in...

It would be cool to see the EU bar a few tech CEOs from travel to Europe, since they’re very clearly the people behind this. Say Zuckerberg and Musk. Tit for tat immigration restrictions seems like a hot upcoming idea.
The EU should target US oligarchs like it does Russian ones insofar that they support Trump's hostilities toward the EU.

Musk is probably the most obvious candidate for this, but there are several others.

Sounds like it's working then
Of course, they dared to impede the US social media propaganda machine. How could they.
So... EU demands US follow EU dictats = good US demands EU follow US dictats = bad got it.
The EU is not a democracy now but a government run by bureaucrats who jail opponents for having dissenting opinions.