German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls Donald Trump's Twitter eviction 'problematic'

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has termed US President Donald Trump’s suspension from Twitter as ‘problematic’. Merkel’s spokesman, Steffen Seibert said that operators of microblogging platform "bear great responsibility for political communication t being poisoned by hatred, by lies and by incitement to violence." However, he also said that it is t right to stand back when one posts such content.

German Chancellor's spokesperson termed freedom of opinion as a fundamental right of "elementary significance". He said that this right can only be intervened by law and within framework of legislators and t by social media. Seibert said, "Seen from this angle, chancellor considers it problematic that accounts of U.S. president have w been permanently blocked." 

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Trump suspended from Twitter 

Twitter suspended Trump's account permanently in wake of US Capitol riots last week. Twitter said, "After reviewing of tweets from Donald Trump account and context around m — how y are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended account due to risk of furr incitement of violence." Before suspending account, Twitter had warned Trump and said that additional violations of rules could result in suspension. 

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However, following his personal account suspension, Trump used @POTUS account to suggest that he and his team were looking at possibility of "building out own platform in near future." In w-deleted tweets, Trump thanked "75,000,000 great patriots" who voted for him adding that ir voice won’t be silenced. In his comments, outgoing US President also accused Twitter of conspiring with Democrats and radicals to suppress freedom of speech. 

Trump also highlighted Section 230, which protects social media from civil liabilities, stating without it Twitter wouldn’t exist for long. microblogging platform was quick to react and immediately deleted all tweets. However, tweets were already doing rounds of internet by n. 

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