EU content law incompatible with U.S. free speech tradition, says FCC's Carr


FILE PHOTO: Commissioner of Federal Communications Commission Brendan Carr testifies during an oversight hearing, in Washington, U.S. June 24, 2020. Alex Wong/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -The European Union's content moderation law is incompatible with America's free speech tradition and there is a risk that it will excessively restrict freedom of expression, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman said on Monday.

"There is some concern that I have with respect to the approach that Europe is taking with the DSA (Digital Services Act) in particular," Brendan Carr, a Republican appointed to the FCC by U.S. President Donald Trump, said at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

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