US Visa Ban on EU Officials Sparks France's Outcry Over Censorship Row

The US imposed visa bans on five Europeans, including former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, alleging involvement in a "global censorship-industrial complex." France and the EU vehemently condemned the move as an attack on European digital sovereignty and a mischaracterization of the Digital Services Act, deepening a transatlantic dispute.

• US implements visa restrictions on five European figures.
• Former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton is among those targeted.
• France and the EU condemn the ban as intimidation and coercion.
• The dispute revolves around the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA).
• US cites 'potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences'.
• Europe defends DSA as regulating illegal online content, not censorship.

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