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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: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday October 31 2019, @11:57PM (2 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday October 31 2019, @11:57PM (#914387) Journal

    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.*

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @12:01AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @12:01AM (#914389)

    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

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday November 01 2019, @02:46PM (#914598) Journal

      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...

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