vance sets a precondition for continued u.s. support for nato
2024-09-18
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according to a report by the british independent on the 17th, us republican vice presidential candidate vance said that the united states should set a precondition for continuing to support nato, that is, the european union agrees to give up regulating x, the social media platform owned by us billionaire elon musk.
in an interview with an american video blogger published last week, vance claimed that a senior eu official had threatened to arrest musk if musk allowed former republican presidential candidate and former president trump to return to x-platform. vance said: "this official, i can't remember which official in the eu, sent this threatening letter to elon, saying, 'if you set up a platform for donald trump, we will arrest you.'" the report pointed out that vance was trump's running mate.
u.s. republican vice presidential candidate vance source: visual china
vance then suggested that the question of whether the united states continues to support nato should be used to get europeans to agree to u.s. demands. "so what the united states should say is, if nato wants us to continue to support them, if nato wants us to continue to be a good participant in this military alliance, then why don't you respect american values and freedom of speech?" vance asked. "it's crazy if a military alliance doesn't support freedom of speech and we support this military alliance. i think we can have it both ways. but we have to say that there are conditions attached to the united states' help. one of them is respect for freedom of speech, especially among our european allies."
“i’m not going to go to some remote area and tell them how to live,” vance continued, “but european countries are theoretically supposed to subscribe to american values, especially when it comes to simple things like free speech.”
the independent reported that thierry breton, the eu internal market commissioner, said in july that the "blue label certification" launched by x platform, which can be obtained by paying a fee, is misleading and deceptive, and violates relevant eu regulations. he also said: "x company now has the right to defend itself, but if our claims are proven, we will impose a fine and require major adjustments."
musk responded at the time, saying, “we look forward to a very public fight in court so that the people of europe can know the truth.” he also claimed that “the european commission offered company x an illegal secret deal: if we quietly censor speech without telling anyone, they won’t fine us. other platforms accepted this deal. x didn’t.”
according to reports, social platform x may face penalties under the eu digital services act, which will be implemented in the eu from 2022. the act includes a number of provisions stating that social media platforms must assume responsibility for protecting european users from illegal content and false information.
