punitive action

The line between a social media post that fuels actual violence and one that’s abhorrent but does not call for or lead to explicit action is a tricky one, and there are excellent reasons why U.S. policies around hate speech require a high bar for punitive action.

Rumours have swirled recently over potential punitive action by the EU.

Scottish Greens councillor Blair Anderson said on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, that there would be "no punitive action" for any of the Glasgow schoolchildren who attended the rally.

“A comprehensive overhaul of these agencies is sorely needed, along with a commission to take punitive action against those individuals who have abused their regulatory power for personal and political gains,” Musk said in a post on X.

CVM reached a so-called "administrative agreement in supervision process," it said in a statement, enabling the watchdog to reduce or erase punitive action in exchange for effective cooperation in the ongoing investigations.