The EU's Extortion Economy The European Commission has expanded Digital Services Act enforcement against OpenAI, Reddit, and Roblox, classifying OpenAI as a "Search Engine" to fit the law's definitions, according to a report on the DSA's funding payouts. The DSA has issued fines based on global revenue, including €120M against Elon Musk's X, and has made over €50M in payouts to groups that advocate for the censorship the law enables, with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue receiving €6M as the largest recipient. The report states 28 DSA recipients are located within 5 miles of European Commission headquarters in Brussels. The EU's Extortion Economy The Digital Services Act's €50M payout to the European Censorship Industry The European Commission has announced a sweeping expansion of Digital Services Act enforcement, targeting OpenAI, Reddit, and Roblox for massive fines. It has classified OpenAI as a “Search Engine” in order to satisfy the definition of the Digital Services Act, an extreme distortion of the original law. The EC is receiving plenty of criticism for shifting its definitions. But these critics miss the point. In 2022, Thierry Breton declared a new vision for the European economy. “Europe’s technological sovereignty, ability to reduce dependencies and protection of EU values will rely on our ability to be a global standard-setter,” said https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/news/new-approach-enable-global-leadership-eu-standards-promoting-values-and-resilient-green-and-digital-2022-02-02 en?utm source=chatgpt.com Thierry Breton, Commissioner for the Internal Market. We’re now seeing what that economy looks like: lawless extraction from unaware Americans, used to fund autocratic NGOs to censor Europe’s own people. The Digital Services Act is a core example. This sweeping censorship law has the power to issue massive fines based on a company’s global revenue, like its €120M fine against Elon Musk’s X. The DSA’s lesser known provision has made over €50M in payouts, overwhelming to groups that advocate for the censorship they profit from. The Institute for Strategic Dialogue ISD is the DSA’s largest recipient of €6M.