This week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio took a bold stand against such censorship by imposing visa restrictions on foreign nationals involved in suppressing protected speech in the U.S. His move followed Vice President J.D. Vance’s strong Munich speech urging European allies to abandon their crackdowns on free expression, declaring that nations afraid of their own voters cannot be true partners.

Europe’s aggressive censorship regime, particularly under the EU’s Digital Services Act, has targeted American companies and citizens, pressuring platforms to restrict speech. At the World Forum in Berlin—a gathering marked by overt hostility to free speech—European leaders promoted a “New World Order” rooted in censorship. Disturbingly, some Americans, like Hillary Clinton, have encouraged these efforts, even urging the EU to force Elon Musk’s Twitter back into compliance with restrictive policies.

The fight over free speech is existential, echoing Justice Louis Brandeis’ view that it is the “Indispensable Right” underpinning all others. While the U.S. has historically defended this principle abroad, Congress must now act against foreign governments censoring Americans. Rubio’s policy is a crucial step, but broader legislative measures are needed to resist this global assault on liberty.