Kicking Trump off Twitter is 'problematic' and infringes on free speech, Germany and France say

[night_son]

Maybe Putin can form a kind of NATO to protect them from the Left wing US now.

Frankly a Vlad Putin is exactly the kind of man we need right now, here in America, to reign in blood.

 

[francoHFW]

Pretty sad day when Europe is lecturing the United States about the infringement of free speech.

They know inciting to riot when they see it..... They also know about the power of propaganda. it's about time we figured it out, especially the brainwashed GOP base.... I hate to tell you but we have fallen behind Europe in liberty freedom and fairness the last 30-40 years. Thanks GOP! Just look at the people in prison here for crying out loud. More than the rest of the world combined just like our war budget....

 

[dblack]

Free is the opposite of governed, by lawmakers or big tech...

Big tech has no power to "govern". That's a conceit propagated by socialists who want government to take over social media.

 

[francoHFW]

Free is the opposite of governed, by lawmakers or big tech...

We have to go back to the fairness doctrine and bring back some debate to the GOP propaganda machine. Fox prime time is a sedicious lying scumbag mess. And is much better than the rest of the machine..

 

[AMart]

Pretty sad day when Europe is lecturing the United States about the infringement of free speech.

And Mexico
Mexico president condemns Twitter, Facebook for blocking Donald Trump

Mexico president condemns Twitter, Facebook for blocking Donald Trump

Mexico's president on Thursday condemned the decision by social media platforms to block the accounts of US President Donald Trump

www.business-standard.com

 

[Dragonlady]

The alt-left bastards have pushed your allies into Chinas arms and they have single handedly allowed America to lose their influence. These moron CEOs have now cut off their noses to spite their faces. Stupid, son of b____s. Now Europe has the perfect excuse they need to regulate, punish and control these networks. Good job political party boot lickers. You did well. Dumb asses.

Since about year 3 of Trumps admin, I never believed that allies hated him as much as the media tried to present. Canada and England might have felt they lost out, that's because they were all in for Hillary. The rest, probably understood the message Trump and U.S intel were giving them. Notice silence from Canada and England on the issue of censorship. That's because THEY want to do the same here in Canada, as an example.

Now, what do they think? How will they react? I give Germany and France some credit. The French have a history of liberty, the Germans have been slower adopters, but it's good to see them all speak out.

Kicking Trump off Twitter is 'problematic' and infringes on free speech, Germany and France say
Angela Merkel said the free speech should be governed by lawmakers, not private technology companies

Kicking Trump off Twitter is 'problematic' and infringes on free speech, Germany and France say

Angela Merkel said the free speech should be governed by lawmakers, not private technology companies

nationalpost.com

Germany and France attacked Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. after U.S. President Donald Trump was shut off from the social media platforms, in an extension of Europe’s battle with big tech.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel objected to the decisions, saying on Monday that lawmakers should set the rules governing free speech and not private technology companies.

“The chancellor sees the complete closing down of the account of an elected president as problematic,” Steffen Seibert, her chief spokesman, said at a regular news conference in Berlin. Rights like the freedom of speech “can be interfered with, but by law and within the framework defined by the legislature — not according to a corporate decision.”

The German leader’s stance is echoed by the French government. Junior Minister for European Union Affairs Clement Beaune said he was “shocked” to see a private company make such an important decision. “This should be decided by citizens, not by a CEO,” he told Bloomberg TV on Monday. “There needs to be public regulation of big online platforms.” Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire earlier said that the state should be responsible for regulations, rather than “the digital oligarchy,” and called big tech “one of the threats” to democracy.

Europe is increasingly pushing back against the growing influence of big technology companies. The EU is currently in the process of setting up regulation that could give the bloc power to split up platforms if they don’t comply with rules.

Twitter permanently banned Trump last week after it decided the outgoing president’s tweets breached its rules against glorifying violence. It cited his posts on the riots in the U.S. capital.

It's Donald J. Trump who has pushed the Allies into China's arms.

 

[francoHFW]

Free is the opposite of governed, by lawmakers or big tech...

Big tech has no power to "govern". That's a conceit propagated by socialists who want government to take over social media.

That was before the President inci

Free is the opposite of governed, by lawmakers or big tech...

Big tech has no power to "govern". That's a conceit propagated by socialists who want government to take over social media.

Non English speakers know the difference between socialists and communists. The UK and its colonies do not. They love conflating socialism and communism. Everywhere else they know socialism is always democratic end of story. All your bologna about freedom went out the window when it was used to misinform the GOP base and attack our election process with no evidence, to overturn the election based on total baloney.

 

[Dragonlady]

Maybe Putin can form a kind of NATO to protect them from the Left wing US now.

Frankly a Vlad Putin is exactly the kind of man we need right now, here in America, to reign in blood.

Hardly. But thanks for outing yourself.

 

[ColonelAngus]

Oh shit....Libs are obsessed with what other countries think of us....so this matters to them.

Personally, I dont gaf what other nations think of the US, but the libs are utterly obsessed with how we are perceived worldwide.

So what is your move here, libs.

 

[dblack]

Free is the opposite of governed, by lawmakers or big tech...

Big tech has no power to "govern". That's a conceit propagated by socialists who want government to take over social media.

That was before the President inci

Free is the opposite of governed, by lawmakers or big tech...

Big tech has no power to "govern". That's a conceit propagated by socialists who want government to take over social media.

Non English speakers know the difference between socialists and communists. The UK and its colonies do not. They love conflating socialism and communism.

I suppose. I was referring to socialists, and socialism - aka state control of business. Socialists love to conflate business and government, they like to pretend they're the same thing. Mostly because they WANT them to be same thing. They see government as the be-all-end-all expression of society, and they want it to control everything.

Everywhere else they know socialism is always democratic end of story.

Yep. The worship of democracy is one of the most dangerous aspects of socialism.

 

[NoNukes]

The alt-left bastards have pushed your allies into Chinas arms and they have single handedly allowed America to lose their influence. These moron CEOs have now cut off their noses to spite their faces. Stupid, son of b____s. Now Europe has the perfect excuse they need to regulate, punish and control these networks. Good job political party boot lickers. You did well. Dumb asses.

Since about year 3 of Trumps admin, I never believed that allies hated him as much as the media tried to present. Canada and England might have felt they lost out, that's because they were all in for Hillary. The rest, probably understood the message Trump and U.S intel were giving them. Notice silence from Canada and England on the issue of censorship. That's because THEY want to do the same here in Canada, as an example.

Now, what do they think? How will they react? I give Germany and France some credit. The French have a history of liberty, the Germans have been slower adopters, but it's good to see them all speak out.

Kicking Trump off Twitter is 'problematic' and infringes on free speech, Germany and France say
Angela Merkel said the free speech should be governed by lawmakers, not private technology companies

Kicking Trump off Twitter is 'problematic' and infringes on free speech, Germany and France say

Angela Merkel said the free speech should be governed by lawmakers, not private technology companies

nationalpost.com

Germany and France attacked Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. after U.S. President Donald Trump was shut off from the social media platforms, in an extension of Europe’s battle with big tech.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel objected to the decisions, saying on Monday that lawmakers should set the rules governing free speech and not private technology companies.

“The chancellor sees the complete closing down of the account of an elected president as problematic,” Steffen Seibert, her chief spokesman, said at a regular news conference in Berlin. Rights like the freedom of speech “can be interfered with, but by law and within the framework defined by the legislature — not according to a corporate decision.”

The German leader’s stance is echoed by the French government. Junior Minister for European Union Affairs Clement Beaune said he was “shocked” to see a private company make such an important decision. “This should be decided by citizens, not by a CEO,” he told Bloomberg TV on Monday. “There needs to be public regulation of big online platforms.” Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire earlier said that the state should be responsible for regulations, rather than “the digital oligarchy,” and called big tech “one of the threats” to democracy.

Europe is increasingly pushing back against the growing influence of big technology companies. The EU is currently in the process of setting up regulation that could give the bloc power to split up platforms if they don’t comply with rules.

Twitter permanently banned Trump last week after it decided the outgoing president’s tweets breached its rules against glorifying violence. It cited his posts on the riots in the U.S. capital.

Now you are going to listen to Europe?

 

[NoNukes]

The alt-left bastards have pushed your allies into Chinas arms and they have single handedly allowed America to lose their influence. These moron CEOs have now cut off their noses to spite their faces. Stupid, son of b____s. Now Europe has the perfect excuse they need to regulate, punish and control these networks. Good job political party boot lickers. You did well. Dumb asses.

Since about year 3 of Trumps admin, I never believed that allies hated him as much as the media tried to present. Canada and England might have felt they lost out, that's because they were all in for Hillary. The rest, probably understood the message Trump and U.S intel were giving them. Notice silence from Canada and England on the issue of censorship. That's because THEY want to do the same here in Canada, as an example.

Now, what do they think? How will they react? I give Germany and France some credit. The French have a history of liberty, the Germans have been slower adopters, but it's good to see them all speak out.

Kicking Trump off Twitter is 'problematic' and infringes on free speech, Germany and France say
Angela Merkel said the free speech should be governed by lawmakers, not private technology companies

Kicking Trump off Twitter is 'problematic' and infringes on free speech, Germany and France say

Angela Merkel said the free speech should be governed by lawmakers, not private technology companies

nationalpost.com

Germany and France attacked Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. after U.S. President Donald Trump was shut off from the social media platforms, in an extension of Europe’s battle with big tech.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel objected to the decisions, saying on Monday that lawmakers should set the rules governing free speech and not private technology companies.

“The chancellor sees the complete closing down of the account of an elected president as problematic,” Steffen Seibert, her chief spokesman, said at a regular news conference in Berlin. Rights like the freedom of speech “can be interfered with, but by law and within the framework defined by the legislature — not according to a corporate decision.”

The German leader’s stance is echoed by the French government. Junior Minister for European Union Affairs Clement Beaune said he was “shocked” to see a private company make such an important decision. “This should be decided by citizens, not by a CEO,” he told Bloomberg TV on Monday. “There needs to be public regulation of big online platforms.” Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire earlier said that the state should be responsible for regulations, rather than “the digital oligarchy,” and called big tech “one of the threats” to democracy.

Europe is increasingly pushing back against the growing influence of big technology companies. The EU is currently in the process of setting up regulation that could give the bloc power to split up platforms if they don’t comply with rules.

Twitter permanently banned Trump last week after it decided the outgoing president’s tweets breached its rules against glorifying violence. It cited his posts on the riots in the U.S. capital.

I live in Europe and have heard nothing of this from respected media sources.

 

[shockedcanadian]

The alt-left bastards have pushed your allies into Chinas arms and they have single handedly allowed America to lose their influence. These moron CEOs have now cut off their noses to spite their faces. Stupid, son of b____s. Now Europe has the perfect excuse they need to regulate, punish and control these networks. Good job political party boot lickers. You did well. Dumb asses.

Since about year 3 of Trumps admin, I never believed that allies hated him as much as the media tried to present. Canada and England might have felt they lost out, that's because they were all in for Hillary. The rest, probably understood the message Trump and U.S intel were giving them. Notice silence from Canada and England on the issue of censorship. That's because THEY want to do the same here in Canada, as an example.

Now, what do they think? How will they react? I give Germany and France some credit. The French have a history of liberty, the Germans have been slower adopters, but it's good to see them all speak out.

Kicking Trump off Twitter is 'problematic' and infringes on free speech, Germany and France say
Angela Merkel said the free speech should be governed by lawmakers, not private technology companies

Kicking Trump off Twitter is 'problematic' and infringes on free speech, Germany and France say

Angela Merkel said the free speech should be governed by lawmakers, not private technology companies

nationalpost.com

Germany and France attacked Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. after U.S. President Donald Trump was shut off from the social media platforms, in an extension of Europe’s battle with big tech.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel objected to the decisions, saying on Monday that lawmakers should set the rules governing free speech and not private technology companies.

“The chancellor sees the complete closing down of the account of an elected president as problematic,” Steffen Seibert, her chief spokesman, said at a regular news conference in Berlin. Rights like the freedom of speech “can be interfered with, but by law and within the framework defined by the legislature — not according to a corporate decision.”

The German leader’s stance is echoed by the French government. Junior Minister for European Union Affairs Clement Beaune said he was “shocked” to see a private company make such an important decision. “This should be decided by citizens, not by a CEO,” he told Bloomberg TV on Monday. “There needs to be public regulation of big online platforms.” Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire earlier said that the state should be responsible for regulations, rather than “the digital oligarchy,” and called big tech “one of the threats” to democracy.

Europe is increasingly pushing back against the growing influence of big technology companies. The EU is currently in the process of setting up regulation that could give the bloc power to split up platforms if they don’t comply with rules.

Twitter permanently banned Trump last week after it decided the outgoing president’s tweets breached its rules against glorifying violence. It cited his posts on the riots in the U.S. capital.

It's Donald J. Trump who has pushed the Allies into China's arms.

Where do you think there were before Obama left office?

Obama was so desperate that he told the Brits that if they separated from the E.U it could impact their trade relations with America. A threat that failed miserably and in fact probably pissed those proud Brits off.

Whereas Trump was talking about negotiating a free trade agreement with England. See the difference?

The world some want revolved around China being the sole Super Power. I don't care what they think or how smart their agencies believe they are, the communists are smarter, and they have many more people.

 

[ClaireH]

Free is the opposite of governed, by lawmakers or big tech...

Big tech has no power to "govern". That's a conceit propagated by socialists who want government to take over social media.

Dblack you make an excellent point that Big Tech has no power to govern, yet that exact intent is there without question based upon banning certain users but not others for the same action. Gagging a specific action should mean that all people doing same/similar thing should be gagged/banned as well, that is if the corporation professes to be apolitical, but that has not been the case (Madonna’s political call for violence passed their standards for unknown reasons if truly apolitical in nature while banning Trump).

 

[Rye Catcher]

The alt-left bastards have pushed your allies into Chinas arms and they have single handedly allowed America to lose their influence. These moron CEOs have now cut off their noses to spite their faces. Stupid, son of b____s. Now Europe has the perfect excuse they need to regulate, punish and control these networks. Good job political party boot lickers. You did well. Dumb asses.

Since about year 3 of Trumps admin, I never believed that allies hated him as much as the media tried to present. Canada and England might have felt they lost out, that's because they were all in for Hillary. The rest, probably understood the message Trump and U.S intel were giving them. Notice silence from Canada and England on the issue of censorship. That's because THEY want to do the same here in Canada, as an example.

Now, what do they think? How will they react? I give Germany and France some credit. The French have a history of liberty, the Germans have been slower adopters, but it's good to see them all speak out.

Kicking Trump off Twitter is 'problematic' and infringes on free speech, Germany and France say
Angela Merkel said the free speech should be governed by lawmakers, not private technology companies

Kicking Trump off Twitter is 'problematic' and infringes on free speech, Germany and France say

Angela Merkel said the free speech should be governed by lawmakers, not private technology companies

nationalpost.com

Germany and France attacked Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. after U.S. President Donald Trump was shut off from the social media platforms, in an extension of Europe’s battle with big tech.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel objected to the decisions, saying on Monday that lawmakers should set the rules governing free speech and not private technology companies.

“The chancellor sees the complete closing down of the account of an elected president as problematic,” Steffen Seibert, her chief spokesman, said at a regular news conference in Berlin. Rights like the freedom of speech “can be interfered with, but by law and within the framework defined by the legislature — not according to a corporate decision.”

The German leader’s stance is echoed by the French government. Junior Minister for European Union Affairs Clement Beaune said he was “shocked” to see a private company make such an important decision. “This should be decided by citizens, not by a CEO,” he told Bloomberg TV on Monday. “There needs to be public regulation of big online platforms.” Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire earlier said that the state should be responsible for regulations, rather than “the digital oligarchy,” and called big tech “one of the threats” to democracy.

Europe is increasingly pushing back against the growing influence of big technology companies. The EU is currently in the process of setting up regulation that could give the bloc power to split up platforms if they don’t comply with rules.

Twitter permanently banned Trump last week after it decided the outgoing president’s tweets breached its rules against glorifying violence. It cited his posts on the riots in the U.S. capital.

Your first sentence was sufficient for me to not read any further. How much did you pay for your brainwash?

 

[dblack]

Free is the opposite of governed, by lawmakers or big tech...

Big tech has no power to "govern". That's a conceit propagated by socialists who want government to take over social media.

Dblack you make an excellent point that Big Tech has no power to govern, yet that exact intent is there without question based upon banning certain users but not others for the same action. Gagging a specific action should mean that all people doing same/similar thing should be gagged/banned as well, that is if the corporation professes to be apolitical, but that has not been the case (Madonna’s political call for violence passed their standards for unknown reasons if truly apolitical in nature while banning Trump).

Ok, fine. But it's not government's concern. I have no problem with pointing out that some of these company's policies are biased and, arguably, unfair. But when Trumpsters start talking about nationalizing them, declaring them public utilities, or otherwise using government to "go after" the companies who don't cater to the President - that's an abuse of government.

 

[d0gbreath]

The left along with their rino bitches are in full commie mode.

We appear to be kicking ass and taking names. Do you see what I see?

 

[Norman]

Win!! Trump supporters care what Germany and France think. Win!!

Twitter should care, unless they want to face billion dollar lawsuits.

 

[Norman]

Free is the opposite of governed, by lawmakers or big tech...

Big tech has no power to "govern". That's a conceit propagated by socialists who want government to take over social media.

Dblack you make an excellent point that Big Tech has no power to govern, yet that exact intent is there without question based upon banning certain users but not others for the same action. Gagging a specific action should mean that all people doing same/similar thing should be gagged/banned as well, that is if the corporation professes to be apolitical, but that has not been the case (Madonna’s political call for violence passed their standards for unknown reasons if truly apolitical in nature while banning Trump).

Ok, fine. But it's not government's concern. I have no problem with pointing out that some of these company's policies are biased and, arguably, unfair. But when Trumpsters start talking about nationalizing them, declaring them public utilities, or otherwise using government to "go after" the companies who don't cater to the President - that's an abuse of government.

An abuse of government? You mean the democrats who are calling for the companies to ban people.

Insanely disgusting... the people who always take issues with loopholes have created an enormous first amendment loop hole and dancing around as if this is some type of moral victory. Or if you want to hear more accurate assessment, Satanists are being Satanic.

 

[BlindBoo]

Pretty sad day when Europe is lecturing the United States about the infringement of free speech.

And Mexico
Mexico president condemns Twitter, Facebook for blocking Donald Trump

Mexico president condemns Twitter, Facebook for blocking Donald Trump

Mexico's president on Thursday condemned the decision by social media platforms to block the accounts of US President Donald Trump

www.business-standard.com

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at the same time declined to condemn the assault by Trump supporters on the US Capitol on Wednesday, citing his policy of not interfering in other countries' affairs. He said only that he regretted the loss of lives.

But Lopez Obrador, who is seen as friendly to Trump, was quick to criticise what he called the censorship of the US president.