Twitter Bans Political Ads, Raising Pressure on Facebook to Follow Suit

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English - October 31, 2019 10:55 - 1 minute - 882 KB - ★★★★ - 63 ratings
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(SAN FRANCISCO) — Twitter is banning all political advertising from its service, saying social media companies give advertisers an unfair advantage in proliferating highly targeted, misleading messages.

Facebook has taken fire since it disclosed earlier in October that it will not fact-check ads by politicians or their campaigns, which could allow them to lie freely. CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Congress last week that politicians have the right to free speech on Facebook.