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> German Chancellor Angela Merkel is among those who have publicly criticized the action against Trump. Her spokesman said Monday the German leader found it “pr
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> German Chancellor Angela Merkel is among those who have publicly criticized the action against Trump. Her spokesman said Monday the German leader found it “problematic” that corporate managers could deny someone access under rules not defined by law.
> Poland’s prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, later called for new regulations that would govern the use of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in the European Union. Without mentioning Trump’s case, he said that “the owners of corporate giants should not decide which views are right and which are not.”
This is a call led by Mexico's president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to implement a global treaty to enact regulation on social media companies.
This is not absurd or even objectionable on the face of it and the merits of adherence to such a treaty would depend on the specifics of member countries' legislative actions.
The elephant in the room, of course, is whether the country with some of the largest social media companies in the world, China, would sign on.
- underseacables 6y agoYou misspelled America. In all seriousness, Silicon Valley seems to look at American government with absolute distain, I don’t have any confidence that they will take Germany, Poland, or Mexico very seriously. Additionally I find it highly improbable that the United States would ever agree to such a treaty; Silicon Valley won’t let it.