EU funnels $736M into online censorship under the guise of fighting "hate speech" and "disinformation"
By lauraharris // 2025-05-27
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  • A report reveals the EU spent $736 million on projects regulating online speech under the guise of fighting "disinformation," surpassing its cancer research budget by 30 percent.
  • Authored by Dr. Norman Lewis, the report claims the EU uses vague language ("NEUspeak") and AI-driven tools (like FAST LISA) to suppress dissent while funding NGOs and universities to enforce ideological compliance.
  • The EU allegedly trains young people to act as "narrative enforcers," with critics accusing Brussels of promoting "soft authoritarianism" under the pretense of civic education.
  • Elon Musk claims the EU offered X an "illegal secret deal" to censor speech quietly in exchange for avoiding DSA fines, which other platforms allegedly accepted.
  • The EU is investigating X for DSA violations, potentially imposing massive fines. Musk vows a public court battle, framing the case as an attempt to reinstate pre-2022 censorship policies.
A bombshell report has revealed that the European Commission allegedly spent approximately $736 million of taxpayer funds on hundreds of projects to regulate online speech under the guise of combating "hate speech" and "disinformation." The report, titled "Manufacturing Misinformation: The EU-Funded Propaganda War Against Free Speech," was authored by Dr. Norman Lewis, a digital policy expert. It exposes 349 EU-funded projects that allegedly seek to suppress dissenting voices while prioritizing ideological compliance over genuine discourse. Shockingly, the report notes that the EU's spending on speech regulation exceeds its annual budget for transnational cancer research by over 30 percent, despite 4.5 million new cancer cases and nearly two million deaths in Europe in 2022. (Related: EU signs draconian anti-free speech law to "police" the entire internet, take down websites containing "unapproved" speech.) The report then criticizes the EU's use of "NEUspeak," a vague, euphemistic language, to mask its censorship agenda. Projects like FAST LISA and VIGILANT are accused of deploying AI-driven surveillance tools to monitor, classify and suppress speech in real time. Furthermore, the findings, published by the Hungarian think tank MCC Brussels, accuse the EU of promoting "soft authoritarianism" by bankrolling censorship initiatives through NGOs and universities. It highlights EU-funded programs that train young people to act as "speech police," enforcing narrative compliance under the pretense of civic education. "Research that systematically 'proves' this assumption is not research; it is the manufacturing of propaganda," Lewis wrote.

Elon Musk accuses EU of offering "illegal" secret censorship deal amid legal battle over Digital Services Act

The revelation comes amid growing scrutiny over the EU's regulatory approach to online speech, with critics accusing Brussels of overreach in its efforts to control content on social media. For instance, Elon Musk, owner of the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), has accused the EU of offering him an "illegal secret deal" to censor content on the platform in exchange for avoiding fines under the controversial Digital Services Act (DSA). In a post on X, Musk claimed: "The European Commission offered X an illegal secret deal: If we quietly censored speech without telling anyone, they would not fine us. The other platforms accepted that deal. X did not." The billionaire entrepreneur made the statement in response to European Commission Vice President Margrethe Vestager, who announced on May 16 that X is under formal investigation for alleged violations of the DSA. The EU alleges that X fails to combat disinformation, lacks transparency in advertising and improperly handles verified accounts, which it claims could allow "malicious actors" to spread misleading information. Musk, however, has pushed back fiercely, framing the EU's actions as an attempt to reinstate censorship practices that were dismantled after he acquired Twitter in 2022. He suggested that the so-called "researchers" demanding access to X's data are actually "political operatives" seeking to restore the platform’s previous moderation policies. The investigation, launched in December 2023, could result in massive fines for X, potentially amounting to millions of dollars. If found in violation, X would be the first major platform penalized under the DSA, a sweeping regulation designed to increase Big Tech’s accountability for online content. Musk has vowed to fight the charges publicly, stating: "We look forward to a very public battle in court so that the people of Europe can know the truth." Read more similar articles at Tyranny.news. Watch this video discussing the expansion of the EU's censorship state.
This video is from the channel The Prisoner on Brighteon.com.

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Sources include: TheNationalPulse.com 1 TheNationalPulse.com 2 Brighteon.com
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