Welcome to the soothingly soporific world of politicians on Instagram. If political Twitter feels increasingly like hard work, Instagram is one of the few places MPs still allow themselves to be playful. The faster Instagram grows, the more seriously politicians are taking it. A new generation of visually literate young activists are meanwhile using Instagram to campaign on issues from gun control in the US to “period poverty”. One reason political Instagram has stayed friendly is that it’s often barely about politics.

Source: The Guardian March 10, 2019 15:31 UTC