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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has described Twitter 's decision to indefinitely suspend US President Donald Trump's account on the social network as "problematic. " Merkel has made her criticisms public through the spokesman for the German Government, Steffen Seibert, and emphasizes that the most correct thing would be for the US Executive to establish a regulatory framework from which to regulate the use of social networks. In this sense, the chancellor points out that the US government should follow the steps of Germany and the European Union, which want to give regulators more power over platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, and thus eliminate illegal content from them, says the Financial Times .
Germany has had a law against hate speech on the internet since 2018, which has made it one of the pioneering countries in this regulation , while in the US it has been left to the platforms themselves to moderate the content. The French Minister of Finance, Bruno Le Maire, has also positioned himself against the suspension of Trump's account and Europe Cell Phone Number List said in statements to France Inter that "digital regulation should not be drawn up by the oligarch himself ", in line with the Merkel's opinion. New regulators or strengthening self-control: ideas to prevent all-powerful social networks from trampling on freedom of expression, according to several experts Likewise, Russian dissident Alexei Nalvani considers it an "unacceptable act of censorship" that could well be used by the Kremlin to justify its blacklists.
Twitter made the decision after Trump, who has around 88 million followers on the social network, incited people to storm the Capitol. His followers finally besieged the building on January 6, while the session that sought to certify the results of the elections was taking place. Subsequently, Trump published several tweets and a video in which, although he asked the protesters to be peaceful, he insisted on the idea that there was electoral fraud and even told them "we love you . " It was at this time that Twitter first blocked the account for 12 hours and subsequently threatened to suspend it permanently if it did not delete that message, in addition to 2 others it had posted, claiming that it "repeatedly and seriously" violated its civic policies.
Germany has had a law against hate speech on the internet since 2018, which has made it one of the pioneering countries in this regulation , while in the US it has been left to the platforms themselves to moderate the content. The French Minister of Finance, Bruno Le Maire, has also positioned himself against the suspension of Trump's account and Europe Cell Phone Number List said in statements to France Inter that "digital regulation should not be drawn up by the oligarch himself ", in line with the Merkel's opinion. New regulators or strengthening self-control: ideas to prevent all-powerful social networks from trampling on freedom of expression, according to several experts Likewise, Russian dissident Alexei Nalvani considers it an "unacceptable act of censorship" that could well be used by the Kremlin to justify its blacklists.
Twitter made the decision after Trump, who has around 88 million followers on the social network, incited people to storm the Capitol. His followers finally besieged the building on January 6, while the session that sought to certify the results of the elections was taking place. Subsequently, Trump published several tweets and a video in which, although he asked the protesters to be peaceful, he insisted on the idea that there was electoral fraud and even told them "we love you . " It was at this time that Twitter first blocked the account for 12 hours and subsequently threatened to suspend it permanently if it did not delete that message, in addition to 2 others it had posted, claiming that it "repeatedly and seriously" violated its civic policies.