Emmanuel Macron Advocates for Stricter EU Content Censorship

French President Emmanuel Macron defended the European Union's Digital Services Act, arguing that the policy should censor information deemed false by governments more extensively and forcefully. Speaking to reporters, Macron criticized the current state of American free speech, characterizing it as the opposite of true free speech and asserting that individuals who disseminate false content on social media should be held accountable.

In separate discussions with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Macron described Brexit as the biggest lie of the last thirty years. These remarks come amid a broader trend of speech regulation across Europe.

In the United Kingdom, authorities are using the Prevent program to monitor social media criticism. This has included the filing of a Prevent referral against comedian John Cleese following his criticisms of Islam.