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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."
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 31 2019, @11:19PM (6 children)
The point is that Fascism was a Progressive movement. Like I said originally.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday October 31 2019, @11:36PM (5 children)
Name me anything that intends to help people that is not a progressive movement, then? And, what do you propose we do instead of "progressivism," which will include virtually any human effort at all with the size of the net you're casting?
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 31 2019, @11:47PM (4 children)
Cutting the US federal budget by 40%, and eliminating income tax for the lower 95%. Auditing the federal reserve, getting rid of all prohibition of drugs, etc.
This isn't hard to understand. Progressivism is all about government meddling. If you want to help people, do stuff that results in less government meddling.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday October 31 2019, @11:57PM (2 children)
Ah, I see your problem...you've got "progressive" conflated with "big government." I happen to think *some* of the things you're suggesting are very "progressive" indeed, in the sense that they would certainly improve peoples' lives overall, but you're not using words correctly here. If you have a problem with big government, *say so in the first place using those words.*
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @12:01AM (1 child)
No. That is not "my problem". It is the platform of the progressive movement, whose policies were the inspiration for Hitler and the Nazi party.
Anyway, ok. Choose to remain ignorant of history and use words inconsistent with how everyone has used them before you. Your loss, you will get screwed over due to this choice of yours.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday November 01 2019, @02:46PM
So is your issue reading comprehension, or moral insanity? I mean it could be a little from Column A and a little from Column B, but I'm morbidly curious...
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by dry on Friday November 01 2019, @12:56AM
Now that would be progressive..