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US Capitol Violence: German Chancellor Merkel Dubs Trump's Twitter Eviction 'Problematic'

Twitter permanently suspended Trump on Friday, citing a 'risk of further incitement of violence' by supporters of the incumbent president

US Capitol Violence: German Chancellor Merkel Dubs Trump's Twitter Eviction 'Problematic'
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel considers US President Donald Trump's eviction from Twitter by the company 바카라problematic,바카라 her spokesman said Monday.

Twitter permanently suspended Trump from the microblogging platform on Friday, citing a 바카라risk of further incitement of violence바카라 in the wake of the storming of the US Capitol by supporters of the outgoing president.

Asked about Twitter's decision, Merkel's spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said the operators of social media platforms 바카라bear great responsibility for political communication not being poisoned by hatred, by lies and by incitement to violence.바카라

He said it's right not to 바카라stand back바카라 when such content is posted, for example by flagging it.

But Seibert also said that the freedom of opinion is a fundamental right of 바카라elementary significance.바카라

바카라This fundamental right can be intervened in, but according to the law and within the framework defined by legislators 바카라 not according to a decision by the management of social media platforms,바카라 he told reporters in Berlin.

바카라Seen from this angle, the chancellor considers it problematic that the accounts of the US president have now been permanently blocked.바카라

Facebook on Thursday suspended Trump's account through January 20, the day of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, and possibly indefinitely.

Merkel herself does not have a Twitter account, although Seibert does and many German government ministers do.

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