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Twitter will ban political ads—both for candidates and for specific issues—starting November 22, according to CEO Jack Dorsey.The background: Allowing politicians to pay Twitter to reach larger audiences means “forcing highly optimized and targeted political messages” on people, Dorsey tweeted—presenting “entirely new challenges to civic discourse.

'We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought,' says Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.

Facebook, by contrast, said it would not fact-check or remove ads placed by politicians, sparking backlash from lawmakers and employees.

Jeet Heer Being better than Facebook is not good enough. The post Twitter Just Banned Political Ads. Hold Your Applause. appeared first on The Nation.

Twitter, Inc. announced recently that it is banning political ads on its platform starting November 22, 2019. The company CEO's, Jack Dorsey, announcement in middle of this week won commendations from Democrats and scorn from the presidential campaign of Donald Trump.

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Twitter bans political ads on its platform, as Facebook doubles down on freedom of political speech.