Posted on 01/11/2021 10:03:08 AM PST by nickcarraway
German Chancellor Angela Merkel considers it “problematic” that Twitter would toss President Trump off its social media platform, saying through a spokesmen Monday that the president’s ability to express his opinion is a fundamental right of “elementary significance.”
“This fundamental right can be intervened in, but according to the law and within the framework defined by legislators — not according to a decision by the management of social media platforms,” Merkel spokesman Steffen Seibert told reporters in Berlin.
“Seen from this angle, the chancellor considers it problematic that the accounts of the U.S. president have now been permanently blocked,” he added.
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I agree completely with you. Some freepers are just ignorant.
Banning Trump from Twitter will cause politicians all over the world to take note and work to prevent US Big Tech from having any influence of any kind.
Banning Parler from AWS will make every CIO globally question their reliance on cloud based IT services.
Big Tech - self-selected for termination.
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