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Twitter Bans Political Advertising

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday October 31 2019, @03:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the internet-echo-chamber dept.

takyon writes:

Twitter to ban all political advertising

Twitter is to ban all political advertising worldwide, saying that the reach of such messages "should be earned, not bought". "While internet advertising is incredibly powerful and very effective for commercial advertisers, that power brings significant risks to politics," company CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted.

Social media rival Facebook recently ruled out a ban on political ads.

News of the ban divided America's political camps for the 2020 election. Brad Parscale, manager of President Donald Trump's re-election campaign, said the ban was "yet another attempt by the left to silence Trump and conservatives". But Bill Russo, spokesman for the campaign to elect Democratic front-runner Joe Biden, said: "When faced with a choice between ad dollars and the integrity of our democracy, it is encouraging that, for once, revenue did not win out."

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Barenflimski on Thursday October 31 2019, @03:35PM (4 children)

    by Barenflimski (6836) on Thursday October 31 2019, @03:35PM (#914169)

    I wouldn't mind political ads if they weren't so full of hate and dis-information.

    I wouldn't mind seeing an ad that says "Person[x] is running for a seat in your district. They're in [x] party. Vote!" Instead we see ads describing how the world will come to a screeching halt if you vote wrong. We see ads that are nothing but emotional tugs of war. I don't find any of this helpful. I see that many of these are actually harmful to our discourse. If all of these parties would tone it down it might not be such an issue.

    It is quite a day when a corporation has to step in because the rhetoric is so terrible they'd prefer not to take the cash over their beliefs.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 31 2019, @03:45PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 31 2019, @03:45PM (#914175)

    It is funny seeing the political ads after moving out of Illinois. The budget/debt/tax problems they make a big deal about here are tiny compared to what I am used to seeing.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 31 2019, @04:32PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 31 2019, @04:32PM (#914209)

    It is quite a day when a corporation has to step in because the rhetoric is so terrible they'd prefer not to take the cash over their beliefs.

    Amen to that. It's almost like the entire state of politics is rotten and needs all stakeholders to step back and take a breath and fix the fucking rules of conduct.

    • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday October 31 2019, @09:29PM

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Thursday October 31 2019, @09:29PM (#914342) Journal

      It's almost like the entire state of politics is rotten and needs all stakeholders to step back and take a breath and fix the fucking rules of conduct.

      History calls those moments, "revolutions."

      The consensus is surfacing on all sides that we're nearly there again.

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      Washington DC delenda est.

  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by RandomFactor on Thursday October 31 2019, @08:53PM

    by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 31 2019, @08:53PM (#914327) Journal

    I wouldn't mind seeing an ad that says "Person[x] is running for a seat in your district. They're in [x] party. Vote!"

    Doesn't tell me anything i wouldn't see looking at the ballot itself.

    ISSUE 1 - Regarding the Dust Spec

    John Doe (R) - Boil that dust speck
    Jane Smith (D) - Horton is a Russian asset
    Fred Jones (L) - We're Here!

    ISSUE 2 - ......

    Would be more useful.

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    В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды