Brussels 18.03.2026 The Democracy Interference Observatory (DIO), an initiative launched by MCC Brussels, notes with grave concern the European Commission’s confirmation that the Rapid Response System (RRS) has been activated ahead of Hungary’s upcoming parliamentary elections. So, as expected, the European Commission has finally activated the Digital Services Act’s (DSA) “rapid response system” in the…
Category: Human Rights
EU-RF: eight new individual sanctions
Brussels 24.02.2026 The Council of the European Union expanded sanctions against Russia under its sanctions regime for human rights violations. On Monday, February 23, eight more Russians were blacklisted for serious human rights violations, the suppression of civil society and the democratic opposition, and the undermining of democracy and the rule of law in Russia,…
Telegram restricted in Russia
Brussels 11.02.2026 The Founder, and CEO at the @telegram social media and instant messaging service since 2013 Pavel Durov (pictured) responded to Russia’s phased restrictions imposed on the platform. Russia is restricting access to Telegram to force its citizens onto a state-controlled app built for surveillance and political censorship. This authoritarian move won’t change our…
Will U.S. Congress reprimand EU censors?
Brussels 07.02.2026 The EU executive on strongly rejected accusations made in a US congressional report that it had forced social media platforms to censor American content. (Image above: EU Parliament, Strasbourg, France) The House Judiciary Committee released a interim staff report titled “The Foreign Censorship Threat, Part II: Europe’s Decade-Long Campaign to Censor the Global…
Venezuela: NYC Mayor condemns U.S. attacks
Brussels 04.01.2025 Venezuela president Nicolas Maduro has been paraded in the streets of New York as tribal chief in Colonial era. The NYC “show” occured after Maduro was abducted by the U.S DELTA forces. The president and his wife were placed at the detention centre in New York City where they being questioned over alleged…
Venezuela: EU supports regime change operation
Brussels 04.01.2025 The European Union didn’t oppose the kidnapping of the Venezuela president from the capital. The EU heads of insitutions repeaded the irrelevant formulas about respect for international law, and reiterated its commitment to a democratic and peaceful transition, after the U.S. large scale attack took place. At present the numbers of vicims among…
EU shields from electorate
28.11.2025 This week the MCC Brussels – @MCC_Brussels – announced the release of a damning new report by Dr. Norman Lewis, A Shield Against Democracy: How the Democracy Shield Protects the EU from the Electorate. 🚨 HOW THE EU PLANS TO CENSOR DEMOCRACY🚨 EXPOSING THE EU'S "DEMOCRACY SHIELD"🚨 NEW REPORT The EU’s "Democracy Shield" is…
Midday censorship: EU journalist fired
Brussels 12.11.2025 Messages of solidarity are multiplying in Europe in support of the journalist Gabriele Nunziati, fired by the Nova news agency for a question described by the newspaper’s boss as “technically wrong.” Nunziati had asked EU Commission chief spokeswoman Paula Pinho (pictured) whether, while she demanded Russia to fund the reconstruction of Ukraine, it…
Dublin: TV correspondents attacked by police
Brussels 22.10.2025 The GB TV correspondent in Dublin reported the police attack on him, and his crew, while he was attepting to fulfill his professional mission. The incident took place amid the civil unrest in the Irish capital. The GB News Northern Ireland Correspondent Dougie Beattie reports that their media crew has been ‘pepper-sprayed, smashed…
EU-DSA: Petition against censorship
Date: 9 October 2025 Urgent Call for a Robust and Transparent Review of the Digital Services Act (DSA), Including Reviewing Protections for Free Expression. “We write amid global instability—marked by conflict, inequality, and accelerating digitalisation. Particularly in such times, the ability of citizens to freely express their views, question prevailing narratives, and engage in open…
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