Top German MP threatens X and Telegram over ‘extremist content’

Berlin must tackle “online radicalization” and further tighten control over social media, the legislator said

Germany must act to stop the dissemination of extremist content online and block major social media platforms if necessary, a senior MP from the country’s Green Party has said.

MP Anton Hofreiter, the chairman of the Bundestag’s European policy committee, made the remarks on Saturday while speaking to reporters from Funke Media Group.