Today I came across the news that the EU has taken action against platform X again, citing violations of the transparency rules of the Digital Services Act. In simple terms, it’s complaining that X's blue badge certification misleads users, the ad library is opaque, and it hasn't opened data to researchers. But anyone with clear eyes understands that this 'transparency' is just a basket that can hold anything—today it demands algorithm disclosure, tomorrow it can define 'compliant speech', and the day after it might even label posts criticizing the EU as 'false information'.
1. The fine is fake, but the power grab is real
These bureaucrats in the EU, while claiming to protect user rights, actually hold the 'definition of speech' in the digital age. Why is platform X being targeted? Because it refuses to cooperate with content review and is unwilling to delete posts and control comments according to the EU's script. Musk directly flipped the table, calling the EU a 'bureaucratic monster' and shouting to 'abolish the EU' to return sovereignty to countries. This sounds extreme, but how many people's true feelings does it express? The EU, without going through elections, can dictate terms to 27 countries; today it fines American companies, and tomorrow it can use 'digital sovereignty' to choke any platform that doesn't comply.
2. US-EU rift, the digital cold war has begun.
Things have exploded over here in the US as well. Trump called the fines 'malicious', and a group of high-ranking officials including Vance and Rubio collectively supported Musk, threatening to impose tariffs on the EU. On the surface, it seems like they are supporting businesses, but in reality, it is a game of digital rules between the US and the EU—America wants freedom of speech and market openness, while the EU aims to constrain tech giants with regulations and conveniently collect some 'digital taxes'. This clash is bound to happen sooner or later; it's just that Musk has lit the fuse.
3. Insights from the crypto world: Don't let 'compliance' become a 'shackle'.
We are the ones who understand encryption the best. Regulators always love to wave the banner of 'protecting investors', but what is the result? Layers of approval, limits on flow and withdrawals, ultimately becoming a tool of centralized power. What the EU is doing to platform X now is not much different from how certain countries meddle with exchanges. The difference is that the EU does it more 'elegantly'—packaging its control desire in legal terms and issuing fines under the guise of righteousness. But the core logic is the same: whoever makes the rules holds the power.
I support Musk, not because he is great, but because he has exposed the emperor's new clothes. Is the EU 'democratic'? Just look at how these bureaucrats are born. Fining platform X 120 million euros, yet turning a blind eye to data abuse by domestic companies; shouting about combating misinformation while marking dissenting voices as 'extreme rhetoric'. This double standard has been seen many times in the crypto circle.
The battle for sovereignty in the digital age has just begun. The EU wants to be the 'chief editor of the internet', while the US wants to maintain technological hegemony. Ordinary people are caught in the middle, either being managed by platform algorithms or manipulated by regulatory rules. But don’t forget, on-chain code is fairer than bureaucratic clauses—at least the rules are written in open-source agreements, and any changes require community voting. The EU's fines can hit platform X, but they cannot shatter the nodes of a distributed network.
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