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Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) is critical of the blocking of US President Donald Trump's Twitter accounts.
"The fundamental right to freedom of expression is a fundamental right of elementary importance," said government spokesman Steffen Seibert on Monday in Berlin.
"This fundamental right can be interfered with, but within the framework of the law and within the framework defined by the legislature - not according to the decision of the company management of social media platforms." the US President's accounts have been permanently blocked.
Seibert also emphasized that the operators of social networks have a very great responsibility that political communication is "not poisoned" by hatred, lies or incitement to violence.
Therefore, it is right not to stand idly by when such content is posted, but rather to react with comments, for example, as has happened in the past weeks and months.
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Twitter has permanently blocked the account of the outgoing US President Donald Trump because of "the risk of further incitement to violence".
The group thus drew conclusions from the storm in the US Capitol last Wednesday.
At the weekend, Trump's personal account was no longer accessible.
Also on the official account of the US President @potus no tweet was readable.
With more than 88 million followers, Twitter was an important mouthpiece for Trump for years, and during his presidency he tweeted several times almost every day.
Facebook and Instagram had already blocked Trump's accounts on Thursday.
Twitter bans Donald Trump "permanently"
After violent fans of the US president stormed the Capitol, the short message service Twitter said it had permanently blocked Donald Trump's account.
The reason is the "risk of further incitement to violence," said Twitter.
Source: WELT / Jan-Friedrich Funk