**TL;DR: Just because someone has a large platform, it doesn't make them qualified to talk about political events.** I'm all for people using their platform to spread awareness on political events. If people have large audiences, they have the power to spread information that can assist political movements and protests for good. This was particularly evident when the Black Lives Matter protests were occurring last May, as influencers used their voice to show solidarity to the movement and shared infographics and educational resources on their platforms to spread awareness about police brutality against the black community and institutional racism in the USA and the UK. However, often on social media, if an influencer decides to stay silent on political events, they often get shamed by their followers to speak up on political issues. This is problematic for a number of reasons. In order to share something on social media about a complex political event, I believe that you need to be educated and understand the topic enough to have a conversation about it. When influencers are bullied into speaking up about a political event, they might just share a post on their Instagram story to stop online hate, rather than actually be educated on the issue at hand. This causes issues for a number of reasons. Firstly, the post may be factually incorrect, which spreads misinformation, and takes away from the importance of the cause. Secondly, sharing an infographic on an Instagram story without researching the political cause just contributes to performative activism. An example of this recently is when influencer [Suede Brooks] (https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/suede-brooks-israel-palestinian-conflict-social-media-post-apology) shared a post about the Israel- Palestinian conflict from a controversial activist without understanding the reason for the conflict due to online hate she was receiving. Overall, although support from large influencers and celebrities on political events is helpful in spreading awareness, they should only post about political events if they feel educated enough to do so, not because they are pressured online. At the end of the day, influencers are not paid to talk about politics. If you want to have discussions about politics on social media, it is probably better to follow political activists or educate yourself via books, podcasts and documentaries rather than relying on a Tiktok or Instagram influencer.