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Merkel finds Trump’s Twitter blocking problematic
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“The chancellor considers it problematic that the accounts have been blocked”
It was probably the most popular way for the president of the United States to spread his news. Now your account with the short message service Twitter has been blocked. Chancellor Merkel sees this as problematic.
For Chancellor Angela Merkel, the blocking of Donald Trump’s Twitter accounts is an interference with the fundamental right to freedom of expression. This can only take place in accordance with the law and within the framework defined by the legislature.
secondChancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) criticizes the blocking of the Twitter accounts of the President of the United States, Donald Trump. “The fundamental right to freedom of expression is a fundamental right of elementary importance,” government spokesman Steffen Seibert said in Berlin on Monday.
“This fundamental right can be interfered with, but within the framework of the law and within the framework defined by the legislature, not in accordance with the decision of the corporate management of the social media platforms.” From this point of view, the Chancellor sees as “problematic” that the accounts of the President of the United States have been permanently blocked.
Seibert also emphasized that social media operators have a very great responsibility that political communication “is not poisoned” by hatred, lies or incitement to violence. Therefore, it is correct not to sit idly by when such content is published, but to react with comments, for example, as has happened in recent weeks and months.
Twitter has permanently blocked the account of the outgoing US president, Donald Trump, “over the risk of inciting violence.” Thus, the group drew conclusions from the storm on the United States Capitol last Wednesday. Over the weekend, Trump’s personal account was no longer accessible. Also in the official account of the president of the United States @potus you could not read any tweet.
For years, Twitter was a major spokesperson for Trump with more than 88 million followers, and during his presidency he tweeted multiple times almost every day. Facebook and Instagram had already blocked Trump’s accounts on Thursday.
Twitter bans Donald Trump “permanently”
After violent fans of the US president stormed the Capitol, the short message service Twitter said it had permanently blocked Donald Trump’s account. The reason is the “risk of further incitement to violence,” Twitter said.
Source: WELT / Jan-Friedrich Funk
