Claims that the EU is shutting down elections and media, and that there is no place in the EU for freedom of expression, are not merely misguided interpretations of EU law and policy, but straight disinformation. Some context for the regulatory pushback was provided by Mark Zuckerberg in a recent appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast, where he equated compliance with EU regulation as “screwing with American companies”: “[...] The EU... On the one hand, the plight of social media companies is by far not limited to the EU, and on the other hand, particularly when it comes to the lawsuits against Meta, the gloves are finally coming off: social media platforms are not merely these touted public squares where you can say what you want (according to American values), but they are products.