“We will propose a European Democracy Shield. The EU needs its own dedicated structure for countering foreign information manipulation and interference.” — President-elect Ursula von der Leyen

@vonderleyen Let me guess. It involves broad online surveillance and censorship? "But it's different because you're the good guys"?

@vonderleyen @vonderleyen has just been re-elected by the political elite in Brussels and the first thing she does is start work on the de-democratization of Europe and the fight against the freedom of expression of ordinary Europeans!

@vonderleyen She wants to censor the eu

@vonderleyen What if the EU Commission manipulates information? That's a theoretical possibility. I think, freedom of speech is a much better protection against mis- and disinformation than censorship.

@vonderleyen They're not shielding you, they're shielding themselves

@vonderleyen 😑😑😑 this means censorship right? muting things you don't agree with... not good.

@vonderleyen He knew.....

@vonderleyen Isn’t that similar to what Georgia recently enforced, a foreign agents bill, which was so utterly condemned by the West? I might however be missing something here.

@vonderleyen Truth doesn't need protection, lies do!

@vonderleyen Who is 'we'? And by the way, you are writing censorship wrong.