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TLDR:  Buterin argues “zero-space” content policies reflect totalitarian impulses incompatible with pluralistic societies. The focus should shift from eliminating content to preventing algorithmic amplification of harmful material. Proposed solution includes publishing platform algorithms with delays and zero-knowledge proof verification. Taiwan’s regulatory model demonstrates balanced approach between safety concerns and fundamental freedoms. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has raised concerns about the European Union’s regulatory direction under the Digital Services Act. He argues that the bloc’s “zero-space” approach to controversial content represents a dangerous shift toward technocratic authoritarianism.  Buterin advocates for user empowerment and algorithmic transparency instead of content elimination. His remarks come as European regulators intensify efforts to control online platforms and digital content distribution. Anti-Pluralistic Impulse in Content Moderation Buterin expressed worry about Europe adopting an ideology centered on sanitized online environments. He criticized the notion that certain speech or products should have “no space” in digital platforms.  Such thinking, according to the Ethereum founder, reflects totalitarian tendencies incompatible with free societies. This is what I worry Europe will get negatively polarized into: an ideology taking pride in a neat, sanitized online environment free of evil corporate and fascist pathogens. I hope European govs do not go this way, and instead take a Pirate Party approach of user empowerment.… https://t.co/oH7Yfdg9pa — vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) December 26, 2025 The problem intensifies when dealing with subjective and controversial categories. Different groups hold legitimate disagreements about what constitutes dangerous content or misinformation. Pursuing maximalist goals of complete elimination creates conflict rather than resolution. This approach builds machinery for technocratic control that imposes singular viewpoints on diverse populations. Buterin suggested that free societies must accept uncomfortable realities. Some individuals will inevitably promote ideas others consider false or harmful.  The solution lies not in erasure but in preventing such content from dominating public discourse through algorithmic…

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