Gil Sery
Gil Sery is an activist for Represent San Diego and its webmaster. He is passionate about equality in elections, is a proud Independent politically and has been working with Represent San Diego for many months.
Articles by Gil
All Aboard The Freedom to Vote Act Train
It’s January 2021, there’s a new president in D.C., a new Senate majority and a Democratic majority crowing about how voting rights is their top priority, even making the For the People Act their first bill (H.R. 1 in the House and S. 1 in the Senate).
Cut to nine months later.
It’s now September 2021. President Biden has spent more time focusing on an Afghanistan withdrawal than on pressuring Congress to pass voting rights legislation. The For the People Act has been passed by the House of Re...
22 Sep, 2021
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3 min read
Social Media Regulation and Big Tech: Where Do We Go From Here?
January 6, 2021 was — to borrow a line from a famous speech by former president Franklin Roosevelt — a day which will live in infamy. Two days later, Twitter announced that it had permanently banned @realDonaldTrump’s Twitter account due to violations of its “Glorification of Violence” policy. Other social media companies were quick to follow suit.
Within a matter of days, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Twitch, TikTok, Snapchat, Shopify and YouTube all either banned Trump’s accounts or (in YouTub...
17 Mar, 2021
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5 min read

