US places visa bans on 5 Europeans, escalating 'free speech' fight

The United States placed visa bans Tuesday on five Europeans leading campaigns to combat misinformation and hate online, whom the Trump administration has accused of censoring social media platforms. The ban was placed on French former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, Center for Countering Digital Hate CEO Imran Ahmed, Global Disinformation Index CEO Clare Melford, and…