After RT published excerpts from Twitter's "limited offer" to spend millions on US election marketing, the company abruptly banned all advertising from the news network. This makes full disclosure and transparency imperative, so here goes.
On Thursday, the micro-blogging platform announced a policy decision to ban ads from RT and Sputnik, citing alleged meddling in the 2016 US election.
It followed Twitter's report implying that RT was trying to influence US public opinion, crucially without providing context that virtually all news media organizations spend money on advertising their news coverage.
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RT was thereby forced to reveal some details of the 2016 negotiations during which Twitter representatives made an exclusive multi-million dollar advertising proposal to spend big during the US presidential election, which was turned down.Having since been banned, and in order to set the record straight, we are publishing Twitter's presentation and details of the offer in full.
Lenin said it: "The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them."
(Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 30 2017, @04:32PM (5 children)
Then how do you explain TMB, Khallow, Runaway, Jmorris, Frojack, etc? Oh right, they're Antifree and are probably given a bonus for shit posting here :D
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 30 2017, @04:41PM (1 child)
Seriously . . . I see a lot more posts in this very article from conservatives than from liberals, most of whom are from the U.S. or at least talk like they are, when it is morning/noon in the U.S.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 30 2017, @06:08PM
Tech workers. They get paid to sit on their asses in front of a screen and pretend they're working.
(Score: 3, Funny) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday October 30 2017, @07:09PM (2 children)
Yup. The Russians pay me five times what SN does.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 30 2017, @07:57PM (1 child)
Russia? Lol, nono you are obviously getting your kickbacks from Anthony Weiner, but he has Gary Johnson deliver them.
(Score: 3, Funny) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday October 30 2017, @11:11PM
The only wiener I've got any use for is my own.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.