India, Feb. 19 -- Meret Schneider, a member of the National Council of Switzerland, is receiving backlash after she said social media platforms such as X, Facebook and Tiktok should be more strictly controlled due to "their preference for extreme views."

Schneider, a member of the Green Party, spoke about regulating social media.

"The EU has been taking action against tech giants for a long time, and we are simply doing nothing," Schneider told Swiss German-language newspaper Tagesanzeiger.

She claimed that the election campaign in Germany shows how platforms like X, Facebook, and TikTok pose a threat to democracy.

"Posts that benefit the AfD are pushed, while opposing content is suppressed," she claimed.

Schneider also called for im...