Posted on 10/30/2019 1:17:31 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Twitter is banning all political ads globally, starting November 22nd, according to tweets by the company’s CEO Jack Dorsey on Wednesday.
The changes will affect both candidate ads and issue ads, although ads encouraging voter registration will still be allowed, along with other exceptions. Dorsey said a full policy will be made available to the public on November 15th.
“Some might argue our actions today could favor incumbents,” Dorsey said. “But we have witnessed many social movements reach massive scale without any political advertising.”
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So what happens to the people who tweet about said ads with a clip?
I've never had a Twitter account, never felt the need for one, and never want one. Easy peasey.
And so it begins....
Will they delete “tweets” that contain political information or someone’s political opinion? Those won’t be “ads” by definition.....
There must be some evidence of the ads helping Trump. He can just tweet them
The first rule of elections is don’t talk about elections
I’m sure the exceptions won’t favor the left. /Sarcasm off
For conservatives right?
Absolutely. They know Trump has one of the biggest following on Twitter. Dorsey, being a lefty never Trumper CANNOT just remove his account. His 2 visits to the WH was akin to a mafia guy visiting the Godfather for a verbal warning.
This is designed to hurt Trump or he wouldn’t be doing it.
in other words...all ads except those for and by President Trump will be allowed.
This is an anti-Trump move. One of the goals of Trump 2020 is to target suburban women that live their lives on social media, such as Twitter and Facebook. The Left has already managed to silence a lot of right-wing voices on those platforms just through changes in policies and algorithms, so ad buys were a way to get around that and get the message heard. Jack and Twitter’s goal here is not only to silence right-wing ads on Twitter, but to put pressure on Zuckerberg/Facebook to do the same.
The Left wants to silence you in every way possible. Time to wake up and fight.
They will just call not-for-profit types of leftist organizations non-political and they will allow their advertising I guarantee it. They will not turn down cash.
Agreed. They’ve made their calculations, and = The harm to Rats < The harm to Trump.
“other exceptions”
Dems get to keep running theirs
“I’m sure the exceptions won’t favor the left. /Sarcasm off”
Yes and abortion ads will be classified as women’s health issue.
That’s very fixable, by declaring TWTR a political organization and denying it the ability to deduct any of its expenses from revenue, since they are contributions to the Democratic party.
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