Euro Commish on US lobbying against EU DSA rules: 'Our standards are not up for discussion'

The second Trump administration has repeatedly complained about Europe's tech laws targeting Silicon Valley's finest, but now its antipathy is going into overdrive.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reportedly ordered US diplomats to whip up opposition to the EU's Digital Services Act, the rulebook the bloc introduced in 2023 to govern how platforms handle disinformation and other online ills.

The DSA has been in the Trump administration's sights at least since February, when Vice President JD Vance shocked European officials with a diatribe about online censorship. "Dismissing people, dismissing their concerns… is the most surefire way to destroy democracy," he thundered.

The issue became particularly heated in recent weeks, with the Financial Times reporting the European Commission had paused its flagship DSA enforcement case against Elon Musk's X to avoid derailing trade negotiations with the US, and with the State Department slamming the DSA ...