Activism | Social Media | Politics
By Brian Fung
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| Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) | | |
Since the election in November, U.S. lawmakers have received a
deluge of phone calls from
Americans weighing in on the GOP's congressional agenda. Now,
those floodwaters may rise even higher as Facebook rolls out new tools
making it easier for users to contact their representatives. The tools,
which were being beta-tested but went live to all Facebook users Monday,
could lead to a lot more calls from constituents who are
pleading to be heard.
One
of Facebook's new tools, Town Hall, allows you to find out who your
local, state and federal representatives are. You can get to it by
visiting
facebook.com/townhall, by looking under the "Explore" section of your News Feed
on a desktop, or by looking in the menu of your Facebook
app on your phone.
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