Twitter blocking all political ads globally starting in November
by Kate Cox from Ars Technica - All content on (#4TE4N)
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Twitter might be the president's favored platform and a valued way for candidates to spread their messages far and wide, but starting next month, elected officials and candidates alike are going to have to make sure all that traffic comes organically. That's because they won't be allowed to pay for political advertising.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has apparently taken a look at the controversy currently embroiling Facebook and decided he wants no part of it.
"We've made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally," Dorsey announced in, naturally, a tweet.
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