Ban X? Why Europe's Democracies Should Not Trade the Rule of Law for Symbolic Politics

The demand was long considered a fringe position. It has now become part of the political debate. In light of growing evidence of foreign influence operations, coordinated disinformation campaigns, and Elon Musk's increasingly political role, the question is being asked with increasing frequency whether the platform X should be banned in France - or even in the European Union. What would have been considered excessive only a few years ago now appears to some as a resolute response to a new form of hybrid threat. Yet precisely in times of ...