US mulls visa bans on EU officials over DSA enforcement

The Biden administration is considering imposing sanctions, including possible visa restrictions, on European Union and EU member state officials involved in enforcing the bloc's Digital Services Act, according to U.S. officials and media reports. The potential measures, discussed in internal State Department meetings last week, would escalate a growing dispute between Washington and Brussels over online content rules and the costs they impose on American technology companies.

Two people familiar with internal deliberations told Reuters the punitive options under review include barring travel for officials deemed responsible for implementing the DSA. Senior State Department officials have not made a final decision, and a State Department spokesperson declined to confirm plans, saying in an email, "We are monitoring increasing censorship in Europe with great concern but have no further information to provide at this time."

The move follows repeated public criticism by President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials that the DSA unfairly targets U.S. tech firms and censors American speech. On Monday, Mr. Trump posted on his social platform that Europe was giving Chinese...