<h1>US visa bans over alleged pressure on US tech platforms to censor speech; EU signals countermeasures to defend DSA.</h1> The US State Department applied a May visa policy to bar entry of five Europeans deemed responsible for 'censorship' of protected speech in the United States through alleged coercion of US technology platforms, using immigration law rather than platform regulation or penalties, thereby restricting their ability to travel to the US. The European Commission condemned the travel restrictions as 'unjustified measures,' sought clarification, and stated it would respond swiftly and decisively to defend EU regulatory autonomy, signaling potential countermeasures to protect the EU's capacity to apply its digital rules, including the Digital Services Act, in a non-discriminatory manner within the EU market.