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Mike Benz@MikeBenzCyber · Dec 5, 2025

This is the day I’ve warned the Trump Admin every day for 7 years would come, since 2018’s EU Disinfo Code, to 2019…

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The author has been warning the Trump administration since 2018 about the EU's Digital Services Act and its mandatory Disinformation Code that took effect in 2025, predicting exactly the enforcement actions and fines (like the €120M fine against X) now occurring. They argue the US must aggressively counter these EU censorship laws or face escalating consequences in subsequent years.

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    This is the day I’ve warned the Trump Admin every day for 7 years would come, since 2018’s EU Disinfo Code, to 2019 when the DSA was floated in concept, to 2020 when it became a formal draft EU law while I was at State, to its 2022 adoption, to its 2025 mandatory Disinfo Code. 🧵

    DogeDesigner@cb_doge · Dec 5, 2025

    BREAKING: 𝕏 has been fined €120 million from the European Commission for breaking the EU’s content-legislation rules under the Digital Services Act. This is an attack on Free Speech.

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    I keep telling you exactly what to do and exactly what bad things will happen next if you think you can ignore this and not do anything, and each thing I keep saying will happen next literally keeps happening next and happening exactly as I told you it would if you didn’t act

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    How could anyone in the admin be surprised the EU censorship law would fine/extort X ??? That’s WHY they made the law, whose enforcement teeth JUST kicked in this summer! This is like letting a flesh-eating cannibal sleep on your chest then being surprised it bit your heart

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    My lovely DC policymakers who are doing so much good, this €120M fine is N-O-T-H-I-N-G compared to what happens in 2026, 2027, 2028 if this — the first fine — isn’t smacked the fuck out of the air hard, mercilessly and with a message. Is @USAmbEU briefed enough to be armed?