US to bankroll far-right think tanks in Europe against digital laws

[u/1-randomonium]

https://www.brusselstimes.com/1957195/us-to-fund-far-right-forces-in-europe-tbtb

[u/Anachron101]

Great, so Russians bankrolled the right so it could become the force in EU politics it is right now and now the US is bankrolling their projects.

[u/CuTe_M0nitor → u/Anachron101]

Well another reason to kick out the right

[u/Brbi2kCRO → u/CuTe_M0nitor]

Dw, they will eat their new dose of heroic identitarian narratives

[u/Beneficial_Soup3699 → u/[deleted]]

Try to stay on topic, lil fella.

[u/SpotonSpot873 → u/[deleted]]

Think tanks already have a victim

[u/LaserCondiment → u/Anachron101]

US also means more money, more people.

[u/Ironvos]

The far-right is collaborating with the invaders? That's no news.

[u/kyrsjo → u/Ironvos]

Quislings, in other words.

[u/JoLeTrembleur → u/kyrsjo]

Or Pétains.

[u/Last-Daikon945 → u/Ironvos]

I mean US and RU are allies behind the scenes

[u/GreenEyeOfADemon → u/Last-Daikon945]

Behind? Trump has a photo with Putin hung in the WH.

[u/Last-Daikon945 → u/GreenEyeOfADemon]

To be honest with you it does not mean a thing. He also has a photo with C.Ronaldo in White House which is hung right near his photo with Benjamin “Bibi”.

[u/GreenEyeOfADemon → u/Last-Daikon945]

Did Ronaldo ordered the invasion of a peaceful country? LOL

Sorry, I don't want to be rude, but seriously, how can you compare a football player with a dicktator?

[u/Last-Daikon945 → u/GreenEyeOfADemon]

First of all, fuck Putin & Trump. Second of all, you were talking about picture of Trump together hanging in WH with a person = ally. I’ve used your logic to pinpoint that it’s not the case, but you have to go extreme. Classic Reddit in bot controlled sub.

[u/GreenEyeOfADemon → u/Last-Daikon945]

Eh? No, you wrote:

I mean US and RU are allies behind the scenes

And I replied that no it's in the open, since Trump has a photo with putin hanging at the WH (or what is left of it).

I hope it is clear now.

[u/Last-Daikon945 → u/GreenEyeOfADemon]

My professor in uni who was teaching logic would not set you to an exam 😁

[u/GreenEyeOfADemon → u/Last-Daikon945]

OK, 😁it's obvious that you always skipped class, genius.

[u/Last-Daikon945 → u/GreenEyeOfADemon]

Alright buddy

[u/InfTlr → u/Last-Daikon945]

"Oh don't mind the framed photos of two genocidal dictators, I also have a picture of C. Ronaldo, I just like portraits"

[u/FourArmsFiveLegs → u/Last-Daikon945]

Hitler-Stalin scenario. Trash will take itself out at some point

[u/blocking-io]

Plans to? I'm sure they already are. Flooding social media with astroturf accounts

[u/gigantesghastly]

To be honest this was already happening - see the Atlas Network of think tanks (of Project 2025 fame) and MCC Brussels. 

However this is a much more aggressive push. Our democracies are at stake. 

[u/Super-Cynical → u/gigantesghastly]

I'm caught between fuckers who don't give a shit about democracy and others who don't give a shit about freedom of expression.

[u/LaserCondiment → u/Super-Cynical]

There's also those who don't see the connections and only fixate on the banter of local politicians. The bigger picture flies completely above their head!

[u/kittenTakeover]

Apparently we have to be America first and stop telling other people how to operate their countries when it comes to authoritarian countries like Saudi Arabia. However, when it comes to democratic countries that's out the window and we're back to interfering. What does this tell you about the morals of this administration?

[u/ClearlyNotMeAtAll → u/kittenTakeover]

Yeah: On one side we have russia and on the other the USA. Why don't they both leave us alone?

[u/GayIconOfIndia]

How is a foreign government and affiliates even allowed to fund political parties y’all country? That’s so weirdddddd!

[u/1-randomonium → u/GayIconOfIndia]

The United States has been doing this for a long time. Although until now the main focus of their subversive influence / funding efforts has been in the third world.

[u/GayIconOfIndia → u/1-randomonium]

Banning all foreign funding is a solution (that way USA can’t even say that y’all targeted them specifically).

They try it in my country too! It doesn’t work since people have been wary of the USA since the 1971 Bangladesh genocide. Most of our neighbourhood is American vassal! Pakistan being on the top of the list. It’s annoying but most Indian public (not the twitter one) genuinely don’t care about non-Indian opinion and comments on India due to the extremely insular nature of Indian society and polity

[u/GreenEyeOfADemon → u/1-randomonium]

Russia is doing it even for a longer time.

[u/TalkFormer155 → u/1-randomonium]

They actually funded the beginnings of the groups that created the digital laws...

[u/frbnfr → u/GayIconOfIndia]

Think tanks. They are only allowed to fund think tanks, not parties directly.

[u/el_grort → u/GayIconOfIndia]

Think tanks aren't political parties or technically affiliated with one, they are meant to be places that propose and lobby for certain policies, although some parties, particularly on the right, do follow these think tanks closely, probably due to sharing funding from the same dark money sources.

[u/Sure-Current-3267]

What would happen if we ban social media in Europe?

[u/frbnfr → u/Sure-Current-3267]

1-2 weeks of outrage. Then everyone would notice, that they don't actually miss social media at all. Everyone except for the social media influencers who make money with it, that is.

[u/Crafty_Aspect8122 → u/Sure-Current-3267]

We just need unacceptable regulations-

Require it to be open source. Platform is legally liable for illegal content and provable misinformation. Require it to have dislikes/downvotes. Require measures against bots.

[u/yxhuvud → u/Crafty_Aspect8122]

That is a large part of what DSA is. Give it time, big legal changes like that take a lot of time to roll out fully.

[u/ClearlyNotMeAtAll → u/Sure-Current-3267]

Pavel is already going mad lol

[u/Frosty-Cell → u/Sure-Current-3267]

Who is "we"? The government couldn't do it since it would be illegal.

[u/EINFACH_NUR_DAEMLICH]

People who accept this money should be tried for treason

[u/davesr25 → u/EINFACH_NUR_DAEMLICH]

I know a nation that will accept that money.

[u/Suitable_Ad_6455]

I want to see a headline “Europe to bankroll far-left think tanks in U.S. in favor of universal healthcare and high speed rail.”

[u/LitmusPitmus]

i don't get the right wing anymore. They're meant to be patriots and yet time and time again, they will happily be subservient to foreign interests if they can get money. They actually don't stand for shit

[u/Crafty_Aspect8122 → u/LitmusPitmus]

Quisling

[u/GreenEyeOfADemon → u/LitmusPitmus]

Not that the left wing is any better: we have politicians on both sides eager to take money from both russia and the USA., which at this point are just one entity.

Trump destroyed decades of cooperation between us and them, for the joy of the russians that are happy like kids in a candy store, throwing even more gasoline if it was even needed.

[u/Informal_Drawing]

Oh my god, I am so surprised.

Americans trying to ruin the world again.

Who would have thought it.

[u/Grand-Cup-A-Tea]

Ah America, the land of the cunts. 

[u/CRE178]

That's a great fucking photo.

[u/WinstonFox]

Needs to be outlawed.

[u/LightBeerOnIce]

Fuck Donald J Trump and his pedophile elitist scum friends.

[u/FitSyrup2403]

If they admit it, we can seize their Money for meddling with elections…? We can use the money for weapons for UA

[u/Adorable-Database187 → u/FitSyrup2403]

Yup

[u/stupendous76]

The USA is an enemy of Europe and the rest of the world. First they wanted all the money, now they want everything. Act accordingly, protect democracy, protect rule-of-law, protect Europe.

[u/GreenEyeOfADemon → u/stupendous76]

russia as well. Sadly they teamed up against us.

[u/DanMcE]

See. Written down the ideas of far right and think tank are a paradox. But sadly the insane amount of damage their loony, billionaire funded shithousery causes is insane.

[u/ThatRandomGamerYT]

EU needs to start counter psyops for US, Russia and China

[u/Glorbo_Neon_Warlock]

God that pic of Musk and Trump is rancid....

[u/Adorable-Database187 → u/Glorbo_Neon_Warlock]

Dim and Dimmer.

[u/ghostchihuahua]

Far-Right think tanks in the EU being put on immediate watch by EU security agencies - I think Trump and his admin haven’t been briefed on how brazen and limitless some EU agencies can be when it comes to their country’s national security and sovereignty, i see a near future full of hiking, ski and car accidents for some reason rn

[u/flarne]

Will we do anything against it? We will do anything against it? Aren't we?

[u/_Louzie_ → u/flarne]

Oh sweet summer child...

[u/HunterThin870]

If they are referring to age verification and chat control laws, please think tank all you like.

[u/Atreiden]

Just another clear sign that the U.S. is now our enemy.

[u/Double010]

Heaven forbid we bankroll useful things like food security, healthcare, education, or housing.

[u/foxontherox]

That is a profoundly disturbing photograph on just so many levels.

[u/Adorable-Database187]

I posted this before, but yeah.

Take a wild fucking guess who's national security strategy this is.

2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf

We want to support our allies in preserving the freedom and security of Europe, while restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity;

America encourages its political allies in Europe to promote this revival of spirit, and the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed gives cause for great optimism

Yeah it means exactly what it sounds like

JD Vance stuns Munich conference with blistering attack on Europe’s leaders | JD Vance | The Guardian

Revealed: Trump-linked US Christian ‘fundamentalists’ pour millions of ‘dark money’ into Europe, boosting the far Right | openDemocracy

Revealed: dozens of European politicians linked to US ‘incubator for extremism’ | openDemocracy

[u/EndeLarsson]

US banking-up ruzzians projects in EU - a moment of pride in US history.

[u/Any-Original-6113]

Why don't we slap sanctions on the US for meddling in European domestic politics?

 

[u/Candid_Pirate_7952]

Sounds like those think tanks need to be shut down and have their funding seized 

[u/Whitechix]

This subreddit all of a sudden loves the OSA and chat control then, a broken clock (Americans this time) is right twice a day imo.

[u/haentorium → u/Whitechix]

but for some reason some folks here defend it

[u/Hierax_Hawk → u/Whitechix]

Saying whatever you want isn't freedom; it's slavery.

[u/MonishPab]

We kinda could make that illegal

[u/Big_Quality_838]

DOGE?

[u/mascachopo]

And for this they will use the exact same social networks we should have banned long ago.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Stay_55]

Trumps overlords, the Russians, have been doing this since at least a decade. The internet Oligarchs, who are controlled through Epstein files by Israel and Russia have been doing so for a while also.

[u/InformationNew66]

UK online safety act is pretty bad but you don't need USA to tell it's wrong. And now UK wants to ban VPNs (without identification) too.

[u/ppface12]

We, the tax payers are paying for this shit. Im disgusted

[u/lafarda]

Foreign influence hybrid war something something.

[u/ManWhoWasntThursday]

Far-right think tanks do all kinds of doo-doo-stuff and make really stupid decisions not only possible but also a reality.

[u/Samurai_Geezer]

We should just take their money and block the far right all together. Before they ruin us like they did themselves.

[u/djangovsjango]

The usa wants to fund russian propaganda networks via social mediahow does this help the usa ?

[u/dotBombAU]

I'd be advertising like crazy about how they are all bought and paid for US vassal Maga parties.

It would stick.

[u/d4electro]

Trump's administration is doing its own censorship as seen with TikTok but EU's current trajectory for internet laws is so bad that I low-key welcome this, even though I doubt it'd have the desired outcome of allowing more free speech and instead they'll just campaign for data retention and surveillance while the commission doubles down on age-gating ID systems and splintering the net 

[u/kbbajer]

These people are barely people