Big Tech

The European Commission's €120 million Digital Services Act fine against X shows that state-backed content controls are no longer a distant threat for U.S. platforms. Washington should treat Brussels' model as a warning to reject, not a roadmap to copy.

Silicon Valley content moderation is not a neutral technical process. It is political curation dressed in policy language, and journalists who once demanded open debate now cheer when dissent disappears from feeds.

Google, Meta, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft spent a combined $103 million lobbying Congress in 2025. The result: zero new regulations. That's not failure, that's the product.