UK social media campaigners among five denied US visas
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The Trump administration bans five people who have called for tech regulation from entering the country.
  • anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    36·
    15 hours ago

    Breton was described by the State Department as the “mastermind” of the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), which imposes content moderation on social media firms.

    However, it has angered some US conservatives who see it as seeking to censor right-wing opinions lies. Brussels denies this.

    The fact that scientific proof is debated against with unsubstantiated feelings and a quote from their favourite influencer such as using horse de-wormer instead of proper vaccines would make their “opinions” dangerous and should be censored to minimise harm.

  • falseWhite@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    13 hours ago

    Raphaël Glucksmann, a French socialist MEP, said in a message to Rubio: “For far too long, Europe has been weak in implementing its own laws and defending its own interests. You have chosen to cosy up tyrants and confront democracies. The time has come for us to stand up. Kneel as much as you want in front of Putin, we are the free world now.

    GO SUCK PUTIN’S FLAPPY COCK FASCIST AMERICANS.

  • atro_city@fedia.io
    181·
    15 hours ago

    The EU desperately needs its own monetary system. This dude and others might just end up sanctioned and without access to their banks because the orange monkey or one of his peons decides so.

    • Niquarl@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      5 hours ago

      To be faire that’s nothing to do with monetary it’s because the banks want to do business with the USA.

    • Skunk@jlai.luEnglish
      91·
      14 hours ago

      Visa as in travel visa for entering a country. Not the credit card.

      Although your point still is true, and also why would he even wanted to travel there?

      • atro_city@fedia.io
        61·
        14 hours ago

        I’m not mistaking them. I’m saying that from banning entry to banning from the banking system is unfortunately not a big step for the current US leaders and their tools.

        • Skunk@jlai.luEnglish
          2·
          14 hours ago

          Oh yeah that’s right as well.

          I’d say they’ll start doing that mid 2026.

        • lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          14 hours ago

          Why would US banking matter to a non-US citizen? Wondering if I’m missing something from your comment

          • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
            21·
            12 hours ago

            Because non US banks are still beholden to some US rules because they are using US products.

            Some of the members of the International Criminal Court are having problems because they are on US sanction lists.

            Using office 365/Hotmail/azure? No account because Microsoft.

            Want to use Google workspaces? Nope, still a US company

            What about getting your own domain? Well, ICANN is a US organisation so good luck.

            How about paying for things? Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover cards? All US companies.

            Well what about a regular bank account? Hope the bank doesn’t use SWIFT because guess what, US company. I am wrong about swift.

            • XM34@feddit.orgEnglish
              3·
              12 hours ago

              SWIFT is a European cooperative and its headquarters is located in Belgium! I don’t know where you even got the idea that this could be an American company.

              Also, all of Europe is covered by Giro Payment. Credit cards do exist and are usually supported, but almost no one uses them domestically.

              Edit: Another interesting note about ICANN. The US government has not had direct control over ICANN since 2016 due to its importance for global communications. The US government has no power to censor any of the namespace resolving outside its own borders and if they were to try, this would give a lot of states a very strong argument for the already existing calls to remove ICANN entirely from US jurisdiction.

            • lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.worldEnglish
              21·
              13 hours ago

              are having problems

              What problems? This is the nature of my curiosity - what does the US baking system have to do with non-US baking customers?

              • 365/Hotmail is not banking related
              • Google workspace is not a bank
              • Domains aren’t required for banking
              • Visa/MC/AmEx: how does this affect someone in the EU?
              • If an EU bank does use Swift, what does that imply for its EU banking customers?
              • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                12 hours ago

                Visa/MC/AmEx

                As the ICC employees are on a sanction lists they can’t be issued banking cards that use those finance networks. Guess who uses those finance networks. European banks.

                The others were examples of how as a non American you are effected by being on the US sanction lists.