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Merkel finds Twitter halt of Trump account 'problematic'
Right to freedom of opinion is "fundamental"
11 January, 13:56
(ANSA-AFP) - BERLIN, JAN 11 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel
believes that the decision by social media giants to permanently
suspend Donald Trump's accounts is problematic because freedom
of opinion should not be determined by such online platform
bosses, her spokesman said Monday. "The fundamental right to
freedom of opinion is a fundamental right of elementary
importance, and this fundamental right can be interfered with,
but through the law and within the framework defined by the
legislature, not according to the decision of the management of
social media platforms," said Merkel's spokesman, Steffen
Seibert. "From this point of view, the Chancellor considers it
problematic that the accounts of the US president have been
permanently blocked." (ANSA-AFP).
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