The joint House-Senate Legislative Council unveiled the first draft of a new social media policy last week, but individual lawmakers voiced objections, and further revisions are expected before a final policy is settled. From AlaskaBeacon
With two of its members facing lawsuits for their social media practices, the Alaska Legislature is contemplating new advice and policies to cover its 60 members. of a new policy, but individual lawmakers voiced objections to the proposal, and further revisions are expected before a final policy is settled.
If a lawmaker runs an official legislative account on social media, the policy recommends that the lawmaker either prohibit all public comments or allow all comments, regardless of their content. In 2021, Sen. Lora Reinbold, R-Eagle River, was sued by a Chugiak resident who alleges that Reinbold violated her free-speech rights when she was blocked from Reinbold’s Facebook page.Rep. Kevin McCabe, R-Big Lake, was sued in June by Mark Kelsey, the former publisher of the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman newspaper, on similar grounds.
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