If Alaska’s state legislators remove constituents’ comments or block them on social media, they may forfeit state-paid legal protection, according to a new social media policy adopted this week. (via AlaskaBeacon)
A House-Senate panel voted 8-3 in favor of adopting the new policy on behalf of the entire Legislature.
The revised guidance — officially, they’re just recommendations — says that lawmakers shouldn’t use a personal account to talk about legislative matters. If a legislator does that anyway, “you personally assume all risk and responsibility for legal defense of that action.”
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