Top German MP threatens X and Telegram with bans | 7 Sept 2024 | 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. The politician called for tighter control over social media, up to the outright blocking of certain platforms. "One of the biggest problems of extremism is online radicalization," Hofreiter stated, adding that the dissemination of "anti-constitutional content on the Internet" must be stopped... Those social media platforms that refuse to abide by German laws and remove "extremist content" must be blocked altogether, Hofreiter argued, specifically singling out X, formerly Twitter, among the potential targets.