Michael Müller, a German Foreign Affairs SPD politician, demands a stricter regulation after Elon Musk’s recent interventions in German domestic politics.
“It’s like, we now have a group of super-rich people with their own communication channels that move completely outside of any regulation and can hardly be reached with any punishment anymore” Müller said to RTL and ntv, former Governing Mayor of Berlin. To influence such developments, we need a “different legislation”.
Müller acknowledged that this can only happen at the European level. There are already first steps in regulating communication platforms, but more needs to be done. “There must be procedures and restrictions that make these people realize they know they’re reaching limits that are unacceptable” Müller said.
Müller called Musk a “sneaky type” whose statements are more than just political influences. “It’s an acting against our democratic basic values and that’s unacceptable” the SPD politician said.