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\n 03\/09\/2025 – 6:30 GMT+2\n <\/p>\n
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A hearing in the US House of Representatives on EU digital policy on Wednesday is set to reflect the growing divide between the EU and US on how to regulate big tech companies.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The grillin<\/a>g<\/a>\u00a0in the Judiciary Committee, called \u201cEurope\u2019s Threat to American Speech and Innovation\u201d, is meant to highlight how \u201cEuropean online censorship laws\u00a0(\u2026) threaten Americans’ right to speak freely online.\u201d<\/p>\n EU laws and particularly the AI Act and Digital Markets (DMA) and Services Acts (DSA), have come under fire from the moment Republican President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January. US government officials as well as CEOs of the US tech giants have piled on criticism and claimed the rules are unfair.<\/p>\n The DSA, which entered into force in 2023 and aims to curb illegal online content, has been swept into a storm of political debate over free speech in the US, with Trump supporters claiming it\u2019s an effort to silence conservative opinions.<\/p>\n Since the DMA and DSA took effect, the EU executive\u00a0has begun several investigations into US companies, including Google, Meta and Apple. None of the DSA probes have been wrapped up yet.<\/p>\n Jim Jordan, chairman of the US Congress, led a delegation of lawmakers to the EU in August where he met EU Tech Commissioner Henna Virkkunen to discuss the laws. “Nothing we heard in Europe eased our concerns\u201d about the DSA, Jordan said in a statement<\/a>\u00a0afterwards.<\/p>\n EU reaction<\/strong><\/p>\n There will be no representatives from the EU-side to counter the narrative at the hearing.\u00a0Former Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton has said he will not testify before the committee. The European Commission previously warned that former commissioners cannot give statements without prior authorisation.<\/p>\n Virkkunen, who was not formally invited, said<\/a>\u00a0on Monday in a letter to Jordan that the DSA\u00a0is \u201csovereign legislation of the EU\u201d and that it applies to all companies no matter where they are located.<\/p>\n She repeated that the DSA \u201cfully respects and supports fundamental rights, including freedom of expression\u201d, adding that some concerns such as protecting minors and consumers online, are shared \u201cacross the Atlantic\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cWe remain committed to an open dialogue,\u201d the letter added.<\/p>\n Virkkunen was criticised last week for not responding publicly to threats by Trump to impose tariffs on countries whose technology regulation hits American companies.\u00a0<\/p>\n Some EU lawmakers told<\/a>\u00a0Euronews that they are unhappy with the lack of response following Trump\u2019s remarks<\/a>\u00a0last week, when he warned: \u201cShow respect to America and our amazing Tech Companies or consider the consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n