Em Talks Politics

 Popular job networking social media giant LinkedIn is testing out a feature that would enable users to block any political content from their feed. This feature is currently being tested with select users and would allow a user the option to toggle on or off political posts. Nearly 55% of social media users have expressed that they are tired of politics taking over their news feeds, so LinkedIn is aiming to address their discontent.  https://fortune.com/2022/02/09/linkedin-users-tired-politics-new-feature/

  Michigan Republican lawmakers have proposed legislation that would prevent social media companies from censoring and removing politicians’ accounts, even if they’ve been in violation of the website’s terms. State Rep. Beau LaFave is the bill’s lead sponsor and argues that all individuals, especially politicians, should be able to freely express their selves on social media. This proposed legislation has started the debate on the constitutionality of such measures. Does it violate the 1 st Amendment of users or the company? This bill makes it easier for banned users to sue the company than banned them. It was proposed over a year after former President Donald Trump was banned from popular social media. https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2022/02/08/michigan-deplatforming-trump-twitter/6696100001/

  Congressman Paul Gosar of Arizona took to the right-wing social media network Gab to express his support for white nationalist Nick Fuentes, who has been subpoenaed for his involvement in the January 6 th storming of the Capitol. Gab was created in 2016 and is notorious for hosting extreme right-wing users that often post hate speech and other content that is not allowed on more mainstream social media sites like Facebook. Rep. Gosar is used to facing criticism for his social media posts, as he was previously censured by the House of Representatives and removed from all committee assignments after posting a video clip of a cartoon depicting Gosar killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Gosar was soon recruited to Gab after that incident. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2022/02/01/gosar-defends-familiar-ally-white-nationalist-nick-fuentes-gab/9205303002/