Jeremy Tedesco

We at ADF are dedicated to fighting back against that global censorship, whether it's happening domestically or abroad.

Well, I'm not sure it's a minor setback, but it doesn't resolve the issue.

It would be a really great precedent to build on if he's able to win this appeal.

But even if he doesn't,

there's going to be more enforcement actions coming down the line that I think will be even closer to the heart of content moderation.

Like I said, the current investigation in FINE deals with blue check marks and research access and advertising repositories.

The next thing coming down the pike is directly related to their content moderation standards and their willingness to mitigate risk by getting rid of content that the EU doesn't like.

And so,

That will be even more front and center a free speech issue.

So, you know, this needs to be battled out in one.

I'm sure more fines will be coming against X and even other U.S.

companies.

And those companies really need to stand in the gap for their users in these cases.

You know, if they bend the knee, then everybody loses.

None of them are in a position to do it yet.

X is in the lead chair, and that's because the EU wants to punish them first.

A few years ago, Elon and X pulled out of so-called voluntary codes of conduct that the EU uses to enforce the Digital Services Act.

And so they're voluntary, so you're supposed to be allowed to get out of them if you want to.

But as soon as they left those voluntary codes, the EU started saying, you're going to pay a price for that, effectively, in the public square.

And so, you know, fast forward a couple years, you know,