Clinton Rejoices Hilarious Decision by Twitter Not to Allow Political Ads Ahead of 2020 Campaign
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/twitter-stop-accepting-political-ads-n107...Twitter to stop accepting political ads
Facebook is currently embroiled in a debate over its decision to allow political campaigns to push ads containing misinformation.Oct. 31, 2019, 6:10 AM AEST
By Jason Abbruzzese and Ben Collins
Twitter announced Wednesday that it will no longer take political ads, a major step as tech companies work to deal with misinformation ahead of the 2020 election.
The ban will go into place in November.
In a series of tweets, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey laid out the company's reasoning, focusing on the downside of political advertising when combined with digital advertising.
"While internet advertising is incredibly powerful and very effective for commercial advertisers, that power brings significant risks to politics, where it can be used to influence votes to affect the lives of millions," Dorsey tweeted.
"Internet political ads present entirely new challenges to civic discourse: machine learning-based optimization of messaging and micro-targeting, unchecked misleading information, and deep fakes. All at increasing velocity, sophistication, and overwhelming scale," Dorsey added.
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We’ve made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally. We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought. Why? A few reasons…🧵
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