Anne Applebaum

isn't really a piece. And he's been making that very clear over the last few days.

isn't really a piece. And he's been making that very clear over the last few days.

isn't really a piece. And he's been making that very clear over the last few days.

Most countries don't have elections that are run as we run ours in the United States. So we have a kind of Las Vegas. Anybody can put as much money as they want into the campaign. Anonymously, you can pay political action committees to use your money in various ways. You can do Internet advertising that's not tracked. Anything goes. Other countries have rules. They have rules on campaign finance.

Most countries don't have elections that are run as we run ours in the United States. So we have a kind of Las Vegas. Anybody can put as much money as they want into the campaign. Anonymously, you can pay political action committees to use your money in various ways. You can do Internet advertising that's not tracked. Anything goes. Other countries have rules. They have rules on campaign finance.

Most countries don't have elections that are run as we run ours in the United States. So we have a kind of Las Vegas. Anybody can put as much money as they want into the campaign. Anonymously, you can pay political action committees to use your money in various ways. You can do Internet advertising that's not tracked. Anything goes. Other countries have rules. They have rules on campaign finance.

They're allowed to have rules on how much money you can spend. My husband ran an election campaign to the European Parliament, and his spending limit was 30,000 euros, which is about $30,000. If you put that in the context of the billion-dollar U.S. campaigns, you can see that there's a big difference. One of the things that social media, U.S.

They're allowed to have rules on how much money you can spend. My husband ran an election campaign to the European Parliament, and his spending limit was 30,000 euros, which is about $30,000. If you put that in the context of the billion-dollar U.S. campaigns, you can see that there's a big difference. One of the things that social media, U.S.

They're allowed to have rules on how much money you can spend. My husband ran an election campaign to the European Parliament, and his spending limit was 30,000 euros, which is about $30,000. If you put that in the context of the billion-dollar U.S. campaigns, you can see that there's a big difference. One of the things that social media, U.S.

social media enables is it enables people to get around those rules. European countries are worried that social media algorithms are designed to promote extremes as they do in the United States.

social media enables is it enables people to get around those rules. European countries are worried that social media algorithms are designed to promote extremes as they do in the United States.

social media enables is it enables people to get around those rules. European countries are worried that social media algorithms are designed to promote extremes as they do in the United States.

that the algorithms will promote parties of the extreme right, or in some cases of the extreme left, to the disadvantage of parties in the center, of parties that want consensus, and also of parties that want to stay inside the European Union and that have historically wanted to be aligned with the United States against Russia.

that the algorithms will promote parties of the extreme right, or in some cases of the extreme left, to the disadvantage of parties in the center, of parties that want consensus, and also of parties that want to stay inside the European Union and that have historically wanted to be aligned with the United States against Russia.

that the algorithms will promote parties of the extreme right, or in some cases of the extreme left, to the disadvantage of parties in the center, of parties that want consensus, and also of parties that want to stay inside the European Union and that have historically wanted to be aligned with the United States against Russia.

So yes, there is a widespread fear now that social media companies will be used specifically to manipulate and interfere in European conversations States.

So yes, there is a widespread fear now that social media companies will be used specifically to manipulate and interfere in European conversations States.

So yes, there is a widespread fear now that social media companies will be used specifically to manipulate and interfere in European conversations States.

The Digital Services Act was designed to create greater transparency. So, for example, to force X or to force Facebook to reveal to users how it uses their information, how it uses their data, how it uses their algorithms so that it affects what they see. It's not designed to censor. There wouldn't be a ministry of information that decides what can and can't be shown.

The Digital Services Act was designed to create greater transparency. So, for example, to force X or to force Facebook to reveal to users how it uses their information, how it uses their data, how it uses their algorithms so that it affects what they see. It's not designed to censor. There wouldn't be a ministry of information that decides what can and can't be shown.