The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a huge victory for free speech last week. But don't forget what happened to Päivi Räsänen at the Supreme Court of Finland just five days earlier. @ADFLegal and @ADFIntl continue working to root out censorship on both sides of the Atlantic. ADF Senior Counsel, @AH_Gaiser, explains.

JUST IN - U.S. State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to access content banned by their governments including "hate speech and terrorist propaganda," the site will be hosted at freedom.gov — Reuters

The European Union and certain EU Member States have persisted in a continuing course of discriminatory and harassing lawsuits, taxes, fines, and directives against U.S. service providers. U.S. services companies provide substantial free services to EU citizens and reliable enterprise services to EU companies, and they support millions of jobs and more than $100 billion in direct investment in Europe. The United States has raised concerns with the EU for years on these matters without meaningful engagement or basic acknowledgement of U.S. concerns. In stark contrast, EU service providers have been able to operate freely in the United States for decades, benefitting from access to our market and consumers on a level playing field. Some of the largest EU service providers that have hitherto enjoyed this expansive market access include, among others: — Accenture — Amadeus — Capgemini — DHL — Mistral — Publicis — SAP — Siemens — Spotify If the EU and EU Member States insist on continuing to restrict, limit, and deter the competitiveness of U.S. service providers through discriminatory means, the United States will have no choice but to begin using every tool at its disposal to counter these unreasonable measures. Should responsive measures be necessary, U.S. law permits the assessment of fees or restrictions on foreign services, among other actions. The United States will take a similar approach to other countries that pursue an EU-style strategy in this area.

Thank you very much @AH_Gaiser for our conversation on freedom of speech. It was a pleasure to broaden my collaboration with @ADFIntl beyond Europe.

The outrageous fines on @elonmusk and @X are sadly no suprise to those who’ve been sounding the alarm on the DSA: an EU law empowering Brussels to police the world’s speech online. (See this open letter from October.) Global pressure must be applied: repeal the DSA.

‘To censor Americans in America is a deal breaker.’ US Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, Sarah Rogers, blasts the proposed Online Safety Act, saying the law ‘vastly overreaches’ into other countries, calling it a ‘red line’. 📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 6

The European Commission’s $140 million fine isn’t just an attack on @X, it’s an attack on all American tech platforms and the American people by foreign governments. The days of censoring Americans online are over.

Amb. @SamuelBrownback will keynote PCLOB's 12/2 debanking public forum. He'll be followed by an outstanding panel talk featuring ADF's Alexandra Gaiser, Americans for Free Markets' David Ibsen, and University of Chicago's Dr. Anil Kashyap. Read more here: bit.ly/BrownbackKeynote

Amb. @SamuelBrownback will keynote PCLOB's 12/2 debanking public forum. He'll be followed by an outstanding panel talk featuring ADF's Alexandra Gaiser, Americans for Free Markets' David Ibsen, and University of Chicago's Dr. Anil Kashyap. Read more here: bit.ly/BrownbackKeynote

🚨 ANOTHER “CONSPIRACY THEORY” JUST CAME TRUE — DIGITAL ID IS HERE Independent journalist Michael Shellenberger has uncovered exactly what the global elites are building — and it matches everything the WEF, UN, EU and UK have been quietly planning. Governments are now pitching Digital ID as a solution to: • “illegal immigration” • “ID fraud” • “streamlined healthcare” But Shellenberger warns the real danger is digital totalitarianism. China already uses Digital ID Social Credit to control speech, movement, banking and behaviour. And the West is following the same script: • First it’s voluntary • Then it becomes mandatory • First there are rewards • Then come the punishments He also exposed the single biggest threat the public isn’t being told: A centralised ID system creates a massive cybersecurity kill switch. If it gets hacked, they can access: Your bank. Your medical records. Your identity. Your entire life. All in one breach. This isn’t “convenience.” It’s a digital cage — and they’re building it fast.

🚨BREAKING: Due to our oversight efforts, GOOGLE commits to offer ALL creators previously kicked off YouTube due to political speech violations to return to the platform. BUT THAT’S NOT ALL. Thread: