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Foreign leaders are condemning the Trump administration for imposing visa restrictions on five Europeans whom Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused of trying to censor Americans under the European Union’s content moderation law.
Tesla Inc. TSLA CEO Elon Musk commented on the U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on five European officials, including former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, a long-time critic who previously clashed with Musk over content regulation.
The EU, French, German and British officials on Wednesday local time strongly condemned a US decision to impose travel restrictions on five European individuals, including former European Commissioner Thierry Breton,
The Trump administration has issued travel bans that prohibit five European tech researchers, including one former EU Commissioner, from entering the United States.
The Trump administration, citing “foreign censorship,” imposed travel bans on experts involved in monitoring major tech platforms.
French President Emmanuel Macron said the travel ban on former European commissioner Thierry Breton and four other officials amounts to intimidation and coercion that undermines European digital sovereignty.