Virginie Joron is a French Member of the European Parliament for Rassemblement National and a member of the special committee on the Digital Services Act (DSA). She has become one of the voices most critical of what she sees as the drift taken by the European Commission in the application of this legislation. From her position in the European Parliament, Joron denounces a “political, biased and expansive” reading of the DSA, which, in her view, no longer serves to protect consumers or combat illegal content, but rather to control public debate and discipline platforms that do not fit Brussels’ official narrative. The DSA is being used as an instrument to control freedom of expression, relying on an ecosystem of ‘fact-checkers’ and ‘certifiers’ that are not neutral. Virginie Joron warns of a climate of growing tension with the United States, caused by the European Union’s determination to impose its rules on American companies and to project its regulation beyond its own territory. A strategy which, far from strengthening European sovereignty, would be weakening innovation, freedom of expression, and the democratic legitimacy of EU institutions.
