A conservative commentator is puzzled that the big social media companies are now more powerful than the President of the United States. A liberal analyst argues that Donald Trump must blame himself for what happened to him. Press review of budapost.de.
Mainstream social media services have banned or disabled President Trump’s accounts. Against this background notary László Bernát Veszprémy on Mandiner: This is what the balance of power looks like in the 21st century. The historian describes it as shocking that the unelected and unaccountable owners of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube & Co. could afford to cut off the elected and only 75 million-supported President of the United States from his supporters. Certainly, they are private companies. But they provide essential services and are not just a monopoly, but a cartel. Under these conditions, so Veszprémy, even a public institution would be better than private owners who would shut out people who do not correspond to their ideas.