After blockade of various Twitter accounts and deletion of several tweets, FDP and Greens have called for abolition of Network Enforcement Act, which was only valid since beginning of year – short NetzDG. "The law is messed and is replaced by a proper one," said FDP general secretary Nicola Beer of world on Sunday.

In a similar way, Green boss Simone Peter said: The Greens would see a clear need for control in fight against hatred and agitation in network, as it is also being massively operated by AfD politicians. The SPD, on or hand, wants to keep to law. It requires portals such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to delete "Obviously intractable" content within 24 hours.

Twitter had blocked account of satire magazine Titanic on Tuesday and deleted a tweet. In it, magazine used term "barbarian hordes" and thus parodied a message from AfD politician Beatrix von Storch. The Bundestag deputies had written on New Year's Eve of "barbaric, Muslim, gang-raping hordes of men", whereupon Twitter blocked ir account for twelve hours.

Dispute over freedom of expression and censorship

Beer said that past few days had shown that private providers were not able to "make right decision in all cases of alleged offences on net wher an illegal, a satirical or a tasteless, in a Democracy and expression of opinion to be borne ".

Peter said it was unacceptable for an American company like Twitter to influence freedom of opinion and press in Germany. Last year, your party presented a rule of law alternative to Network Enforcement Act.

On or hand, SPD Bundestag group leader Andrea Nahles defended law in picture on Sunday. It is good and correct and must be implemented. "We need to bring more responsibility to Internet, which is not a legal space. This has nothing to do with censorship. "

Date Of Update: 08 January 2018, 12:03