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Germany asks EU to rein in Twitter after missteps

In this file photo illustration taken on August 05, 2022, a cellphone displays a photo of Elon Musk placed on a computer monitor filled with Twitter logos in Washington, DC. © Samuel Corum, AFP

A senior German official said on Thursday Twitter should join other tech firms in being directly monitored by the European Commission, saying the company’s erratic behaviour under new owner Elon Musk posed a threat to free speech.

Sven Giegold, the state secretary in charge of competition policy at Germany’s economy ministry, pointed to Twitter’s abrupt suspension of journalists’ accounts and restrictions on the access to some links.

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