The Case for Banning Politicians From Social Media

It’s time to rethink how much power these platforms have given to lawmakers and government agencies

Andrea González-Ramírez
GEN
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10 min readFeb 18, 2021

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If you feel like our leaders are too online, you are not alone. Some of the biggest, most important government announcements these days are released via social media; lawmakers who’ve trolled their way to power

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Andrea González-Ramírez
GEN
Writer for

Award-winning Puerto Rican journalist. Senior Writer at New York Magazine’s The Cut. Formerly GEN, Refinery29, and more. Read my work: https://www.thecut.com/