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Meta smart glasses ban ignores Europe's wider surveillance threat

The German digital rights group filed a criminal complaint against Meta/Ray-Ban smart glasses, raising concerns about the proportionality and applicability of the same idea in other EU Member States.

Euronews · Aug 21

Trump Bars 5 Europeans From the U.S. Over Their Censorship Efforts

Creeping authoritarianism in the European Union gets pushback from an administration that has its own rocky relationship with free speech.

Reason · Dec 31, 2025

Emmanuel Macron slams Trump administration over US visa bans for European anti-hate campaigners

The move by the US authorities comes despite senior Trump figures, including Vice President JD Vance, lecturing Europe on the importance of free speech

Evening Standard · Dec 24, 2025