Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stopped using Facebook due to 'public health risk'

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says there are health risks associated with Facebook—and that's why she's decided to stop using her account.

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez listens during the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Feb. 27, 2019.

"There are amplified impacts for young people, particularly under the age of 3 with screen time," she toldOcasio-Cortez described her separation from Facebook as a "big deal" because the platform was crucial to her campaign. Her ability to effectively use social media prompted her to host a jam-packed Twitter training session for other members of Congress in January.

"The top tip, I think, is really to be yourself and to really write your own tweets so that people know it’s you talking," Ocasio-Cortez told ABC News after emerging from class in January.

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