Several Alaska legislators have faced lawsuits for allegedly blocking constituents from their social media comments or deleting comments.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Alaska Legislature is debating whether to implement a new social media for lawmakers and what it should look like., which was written and implemented in 2011, is said to be out of date. It includes recommendations that legislators avoid using “inappropriate language” and correct errors on posts as quickly as possible, but it doesn’t address the more thorny practice of legislators blocking constituents from their social media pages or deleting comments.
There would be two options for lawmakers’ official legislative social media pages. The first would be to operate them like bulletin boards where information could be posted but comments from constituents would be prohibited. The second choice would effectively be a free for all for public debate Since 2011, several Alaska legislators have been sued on First Amendment grounds for blocking constituents from accessing their social media pages and deleting comments on posts. A legislative ethics committeelast year that Eagle River Republican Sen. Lora Reinbold likely violated state statute by blocking a constituent on Facebook, which prompted calls for a social media policy update.
Sen. Shelley Hughes, R-Palmer, raised concerns about the new draft social media policy when it was unveiled before a Legislative Council hearing on Wednesday. She argued that it goes “overboard” by giving instructions on how lawmakers should operate their personal social media accounts.
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