Suspension of US Prez Trump's Twitter account is 'problematic': Angela Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel believes that the decision by social media giants to permanently suspend US President Donald Trump's accounts is problematic because freedom of opinion should not be determined by such online platform bosses. This was stated by German Chancellor's spokesman, Steffen Seibert yesterday.

 

He said that lies or incitement to violence



were also very problematic, but that the path to dealing with them should be for the State to draw up a legal regulatory framework.

 

The spokesman said, completely blocking out views by halting the account is a step too far, but added that he backed action taken by social media in recent months to flag false claims.