JD Vance again warns Europe against a ‘dark path’ of censorship

JD Vance (Official White House photo)

US Vice President JD Vance has again warned Europe about its censorship and similar moves:

Vance to Europe: Don’t Head Down “Dark Path” of Censorship

August 11, 2025

Vice President JD Vance warned Europe not to head down the “dark path” of censorship …

In a sit-down with journalists at the Foreign Minister’s country residence of Chevening, Vance reiterated his concern for freedom of speech in Europe, and compared the continent’s current plight to that of America under Joe Biden.

“I’ve raised concerns about free speech in the United States of America. I think the entire collective West, the transatlantic relationship, our NATO allies, certainly the United States under the Biden administration, got a little too comfortable with censoring rather than engaging with a diverse array of opinions. So that’s been my view.”

He continued with reference to his incendiary speech at the Munich Security Conference in March, during which he blasted Europe’s elite for abandoning the values that made Europe great, and said the greatest threat to Europe today is not an external enemy, but an enemy within. His comments at the conference were greeted with anger and consternation by European politicians, technocrats and the media, all of whom attempted to portray them as a “stab in the back.” https://www.sgtreport.com/2025/08/vance-to-europe-dont-head-down-dark-path-of-censorship/

Notice also something from last February involving Vance:

February 12, 2025

PARIS (AP) — In his first big moment on the world stage, Vice President JD Vance delivered an unmistakable message: the United States under the 47th president has room for you on the Trump train — but it also has no problem leaving you behind.

Vance, speaking at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris … said the U.S. wants to ensure that the internet is a safe place, but suggested the European Union’s Digital Services Act had gone too far, enacting “massive regulations” and “policing so-called misinformation.”

“It is one thing to prevent a predator from preying on a child on the internet, and it is something quite different to prevent a grown man or woman from accessing an opinion that the government thinks is misinformation,” Vance said.

The Digital Services Act seeks to hold platforms more accountable for protecting European users from harmful or illegal content on their sites and imposes fines on violators. 02/11/25 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vance-warns-eu-ai-overregulation-paris/

So, at least three times, US Vice President JD Vance has warned Europe about its censorship.

Yet, Europe even thinks it is implementing freedom with its monitoring moves and programs. Notice the following:

An important step to ensure independent and pluralistic media in the EU.

The new European Board for Media Services, a milestone of the European Media Freedom Act, begins its work supporting the independent functioning of media providers ↓

— European Commission (@EU_Commission) February 12, 2025

Let me state that I do not have confidence that the European Media Freedom Act will result in true freedom of the press.

The Bible warns:

18 For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped from those who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage. (2 Peter 2:18-19)

Freedom and liberty will NOT be the end result of what the EU is doing. Totalitarian bondage will be.

The Apostle Paul warned:

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, …21 … but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, …

26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. (Romans 1:18,21-22,26)

That is happening. AI, various algorithms, and shadow-banning by Big Tech often are related to that–plus that is a lot of what Europe’s Digital Services Act is moving towards.

AI will also be used more and more, to not only censor but to push various government narratives, whether true or not.

As far as the censorship and AI goes, the Continuing Church of God (CCOG) put out the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel:

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666, the Censorship Industrial Complex, and AI

We are seeing more and more censorship, particularly on the internet. Matt Taibi has termed the coordination of this from governments, academia, Big Tech, and “fact checkers,” the ‘Censorship Industrial Complex.’ Is more censorship prophesied to happen? What did the prophet Amos write in the 5th and 8th chapter of his book? What about writings from the Apostle Peter? Is the USA government coercing censorship in violation of the first amendment to its constitution according to federal judges? What about the Digital Services Act from the European Union. Is artificial intelligence (AI) being used? What about for the video game ‘Call of Duty’? Has Google made changes that are against religious speech? Has YouTube, Facebook, Twitter (X), and others in Big Tech been censoring factually accurate information? Is the US government using AI to monitor social media to look for emotions in order to suppress information? What is mal-information? Is a famine of the word of God prophesied to come? Will the 666 Beast and the Antichrist use computers and AI for totalitarian censorship and control?

Here is a link to our video: 666, the Censorship Industrial Complex, and AI.

Jesus said:

4 … the night is coming when no one can work. (John 9:4, NKJV)

4… the night cometh, when no man can work (John 9:4 KJV)

In an October 23, 1980 co-worker letter, Herbert Armstrong wrote:

The Bible warns us the time is just ahead when NO MAN CAN WORK—in the Lord’s Work.

In a November 22, 1982 co-worker letter, Herbert Armstrong wrote:

… brethren and co-workers, the prophesied Great Tribulation (nuclear World War III) will start soon after the European unification. That means OUR WORK OF SPREADING THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD WILL BE FINISHED! We have not now much more time. Soon shall come a FAMINE of hearing the Word of the Lord (Amos 8:11). God says, work while it is day, for the night is coming when no man can work – in the Work of God! Nothing else is important in our lives, now, but this all-important Work of God. (http://cog-ff.com/html/pcomments_07_04_08.html, viewed 10/03/13)

So, the Bible tells of a time that will come when the word of God will not be found. And that would seem to be because it will be taken off the internet. In the 21st century, the internet is accessed by people in every country, and thus some type of internet restriction/suspension/site removal is coming.

The prophet Amos was inspired to record the following:

11 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God,
“That I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine of bread,
Nor a thirst for water,
But of hearing the words of the Lord.
12 They shall wander from sea to sea,
And from north to east;
They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord,
But shall not find it. (Amos 8:11-12)

But Matthew 24:14 will be fulfilled BEFORE the full ‘famine of the word’ happens.

After the Gospel of the Kingdom of God has sufficiently reached the world, the end comes, the Beast will rise up (Matthew 24:14-22, Revelation 13) and more totalitarian controls will be put in place.

Notice some of what will be coming from a power that will arise in Europe:

15 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666. (Revelation 13:15-18)

We are getting closer to that day, with technologies unheard of when God inspired Amos and John to warn what would happen–like computers and AI–that the totalitarian Beast of Revelation will be able use to assist his 666 reign as well as enforce the coming ‘famine of the word’ of God.

The Bible shows that a European dictator will rise up and be totalitarian (Revelation 13, 17:12-13).

More and more surveillance is happening and more is being proposed. Furthermore, the biblical reality is that 666 control is coming.

Related to some of the risks associated with AI, the Continuing Church of God put together the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel:

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Artificial Intelligence Deadly Perils?

What are some of the benefits and risks of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that Arvind Narayanan, Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University mentioned at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit. Will government regulations eliminate the risks? Why or why not? What are AI ‘hallucinations’? Did a Google Gemini AI chat bot tell a student that he was a waste and should “Please die,” despite programming that was supposed to prevent such? Was the response actually “non-sensical” as Google claimed or instead of being nonsensical, was it in logical English, but dangerous? Do AI programs give wrong answers that many may falsely rely upon? Are there any similarities between Gemini’s response and the HAL9000 computer in the 1968 movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey? Might governments, including one coming in Europe, intentionally program horrible results? Will the Beast of the Sea and Earth of Revelation 13 use something like AI to require worship as well as to put in totalitarian controls of buying and selling? Although there can be real benefits from AI, will government regulations prevent it from being used by 666? Dr. Thiel and Steve Dupuie address these matters.