NBC and Variety reporting that Twitter is banning all political ads.
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey: "“A political message earns reach when people decide to follow an account or retweet. Paying for reach removes that decision, forcing highly optimized and targeted political messages on people. We believe this decision should not be compromised by money.”
He said they’d considered allowing just issue ads, but decided not to.
Good move. Hopefully Facebook will follow, but I don’t expect it.
What they should ban is a president who posts a fake ■■■■■■■■ Photoshop of him bestowing a Medal of Honor onto a canine that didn’t actually happen. Yeah, this might be ok for some 5th grade internet troll but it certainly makes the president appear to be a feeble moron. Which really isn’t too far from the truth, is it?