Beatri­x von Storch was tempor­arily banned from social media for 12 hours on Monday­A far-right German Member of Parliament (MP) is under police investigation for anti-Muslim comments that she made on social media on New Year’s Eve that can incite violence. Von Storch is now under consideration by authorities on whether she should be charged for incitement of hatred, a criminal offence. On her return to the Twitter, Von Storch posted in German: “Facebook has now also censored me. Social media firms can face fines if they do not remove ‘obviously illegal’ hate speech and other postings within 24 hours of receiving a notification. Von Storch, whose grandfather served as finance minister under Hitler, clarified that her computer mouse had slipped.

Source: The Express Tribune January 02, 2018 07:18 UTC