Thirty years ago, when home computers were still a novelty, things like Twitter and Facebook would be considered a frivolous waste of time. There was nothing like social media, just your run of the mill newspapers and TV or radio as a form of communication from the World to you.
Posting things like jokes and prayers, or silly pictures
(some of which I am guilty of), recipes and political or religious points of
view would not be something that was acceptable or tolerated. As far as it has
any Governmental attention, it would seem ridiculous! The national concerns
would have been Russia or China, the economy, civil rights, and things like
breaking up large corporations.
Today, as we look around, the President has used Twitter as
his form of acceptable communication, breaking the lock on the silence of the
White House to the general public, other than the office of Press Secretary.
It is suddenly becoming so important that constitutionality
is now brought to the forefront as the right of Free Speech needs to be
interpreted, National Security is a big concern as Russia used social media to
try to affect our national elections, and the creators and operators of these
media are questioned about what they can or can’t do.
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