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 One of the many things that have changed over the past couple of years is the border laws and rules. This topic brings a lot of passion and controversy from many with opinions both online and in daily life. Boarders are open because of human rights and allowing people to come to the great country of the US brings a lot of problems within the topic of the border. Only a month ago now the question and topic were once again brought up but this time because of a different reason. A University of Georgia student was stabbed to death in the back trails of campus. This was shocking to so many and reached headlines online quickly as it was the first death on campus with foul play in 25 years. The university had not had an issue like this ever before. With the help of cameras there suspects were found to be illegal immigrants who got into the United States a few years back due to open boarders by President Biden. This brought many concerns and questions regarding the topic. Personally, I t...

 In the wide landscape of America and the politics that come within, there is a lot of uncertainty in the voter's choice and its meaning. The nation navigating through a web of issues that demand attention and understanding from the voters. One of the glaring issues plaguing American Politics today is the deep polarization that has entrenched itself within the society of the digital age. This creates differences in policy preferences in the identity and values of the American politics age within the US. The United States faces pressing challenges on the global stage from climate change to geopolitical tensions. Navigating the issues requires unity and coherent approaches to truly understand. That is the problem with Americans today. They listen to what their favorite influencers or online personalities say instead of using their own head. It happens most in newly found voters in the younger years of college. Individuals in the US don't understand how much it matters to vote wit...

 In the digital age, social platforms have become the most used piece of software in the U.S. This is a place where people go to express their opinions, engage in debates, and talk about political processes. However, this freedom of social media comes challenges with what is posted and navigating the lines of social media platforms. At the core, the debate over censorship and content moderation revolves around the tension between protecting users from harmful or offensive content in free speech and open dialogue. Social media platforms, as community standards, include hate speech, violence, harassment, and even more misinformation.  However, the implementation of content moderation can not be talked about without it's own controversy. Critics argue that social media companies have too much power over conversations and talks online. Even with censorship, there is a problem with censorship in politics where people are allowed freedom of speech but still have problems with bias a...

 The digital age has quickly become a rising conversation within the generation. With new social platforms and the rise of users, there have become more and more "Influencers" on the internet. As much as it is a choice these users make to follow these influencers the power being yielded is another conversation. With millions of followers at the fingertips of these young individuals who are seen a influencers online, it has become a conversation of using their platform to have political social movements, shapes the opinions of their followers, and give false information to their followers for a click or two. With this blog, we will talk about just that. One of the most significant ways in which social media influencers impact politics is by raising awareness about pressing social issues and bringing their support to their followers to hope there is a change.With this comes a ton of opinions and misinformation. Let's look at it in the conversation of political elections and...

 In a digital world of social media and the growing of different platforms, TikTok has quickly become the most popular social media platform with its addicting short-form videos and vast global reach. TikTok has had a huge cultural impact in every area as the number of users and different personalities and different motives for creating content around the world. With this, there have become concerns over data privacy and security for its users. As the app is controlled by a Chinese company there are concerns on what data is being given. With this has become the question of banning the application in the United States.  With the debate on TikTok and whether or not it should be banned it challenges the House to make a decision on what is the real vision with the ban. Some say that if the bill is passed it should cause the Chinese company to sell the rights to the app to a United States company to keep the app alive. This is a reminder to users to be careful at how much informati...

       When we look back on presidential elections the 2020 election stands as one of the most polarized of them all. With two candidates who have crazy clashing personalities, this presidential election is one of the craziest. It became a battle of ideologies between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, this created a battleground where there was consistent tension that turned into aggression and unrest.     It was an election straight out of a WWE headliner as the 2 would showdown. The campaign would intensify and so did the sector of violence. Protests and riots were seen all over the United States as symbols of expression for their favorite candidate, this would develop into scenes of chaos and confrontation that would go beyond the digital world.      With the rise of Covid at the time of the election the tensions only got more concerning as now people want whoever can stop what is happening in the world. Trump sup...