Posted on 11/21/2016 6:14:30 AM PST by detective
Shortened title.
Full title: Claim: Twitter Denied Advertising Services to Trump Campaign
Twitter’s CEO allegedly restricted Donald Trump’s use of paid advertising on the social media platform, even though the company stock has plummeted by 77 percent since the beginning of 2013.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey personally overrode an “upfront deal” for the Trump campaign to pay at least $5 million to generate engagement through customized hashtag branding, according to an essay by Gary Coby, Director of Digital Advertising and Fundraising for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
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The handbook you linked to has to do with Internet versions of radio stations, a different animal than Twitter. There might be regulations about how campaign ads originating from the campaigns have to have a disclaimer. That eeven applies to signs. It has nothing to do with whether the Daily Mail, Pravda, Al-Jazeera or Drudge can refuse an ad from a campaign.
Like I said, possible violations. It could be that internet banner ads are new enough that the FEC is still getting their arms around such. But IMO the same rules regarding access that apply to TV and radio should apply to Google, Twitter and other sites that generate banner advertising.
I think this is the most realistic course of action.
Hopefully it happens.
Can the business model last?
General Michael Flynn said that individuals on Twitter were a huge influence in favor of Trump. So Trump save several million dollars and Twitter is now labeled as dirty. FEC has never censured any Democrat. Dirtier than dirt.
If they offered those same services to Hillary they are in violation of Federal election law.
Twitter stock price in Jan 2014 was $69.00
Now $18.80 as of today.
https://www.google.com/#q=twitter+stock
That is a YUGE drop. You would think the board would fire everyone.
In Liberalandia, failure is a resume enhancement!................
They will.. after it's far too late.
#29/30 They will hire Marissa Mayer from Yahoo to run Twitter. She will get another contract worth north of $55 million.
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