In the wake of former President Donald Trump being banned or indefinitely suspended from major social-media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, a Wisconsin state senator has proposed a bill that would impose fines of up to $250,000 for platforms that prevent elected officials from using them.
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State Sen. Julian Bradley s bill would require social-media companies to allow users to opt out of the algorithms the platforms use to decide what tweets/posts are more likely to be shown to others and which are more likely to go unseen. Users that opt out would then be able to view posts and content sequentially or chronologically.
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