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Senior EU officials were furious on Friday after Twitter owner Elon Musk pulled the platform out of the bloc’s online censorship project. Elon Musk has pulled Twitter out of the EU’s “Code of Practice”, a pro-censorship project aimed at countering so-called “disinformation” online, prompting fury from those in Brussels. It comes after months of mixed messages from the billionaire, who had publicly stated that he wanted to support free speech on the platform while repeatedly insisting that he would support the European Union in its pro-censorship crusade. According to a report by POLITICO, it appears that the Big Tech entrepreneur...

Over 200 US legislators will gather in the Dáil chamber this afternoon, alongside Irish politicians, for a meeting of the Ireland-United States Parliamentary Friendship group. Members of the US Senate and House of Representatives will be among those in attendance, as well as other legislators from across the United States. It is expected that matters such as economic relations between Ireland and the US will be discussed, with Minister for Finance Michael McGrath also due to address the delegation. Today’s visit has been organized to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. The United States’ ongoing support of...