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2026-07-27 10:55 UTC
Case in point: after the EU surrendered to Trump on AI regulation, Trump announced that a on ban EU officials who had worked on the Digital Services Act from traveling to the USA:
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/12/announcement-of-actions-to-combat-the-global-censorship-industrial-complex/
Then, after the EU made *more* concessions to Trump, he announced a ban on even *more* EU officials:
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-trump-administration-targets-europe-s-content-moderation-laws
Trump ordered his tech giants to dig through EU officials' private correspondence so he can figure out who to ban next:
https://www.politico.eu/article/us-congress-judiciary-committee-big-tech-private-communication-eu-officials/
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr 2026-07-27 10:56
Trump's tech companies got the memo. When the EU ordered Apple to follow the law, Apple told the EU to fuck off: https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/06/spoil-the-bunch/#dma After all, Apple is a key partner in the Trump administration's mass deportations. Apple blocked an iPhone app that warns Apple customers if they're about to be kidnapped or murdered by ICE. Trump *needs* Apple, just as much as Apple needs Trump: https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/06/rogue-capitalism/#orphaned-syrian-refugees-need-not-apply 10/