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Wednesday, 30 October 2019

Biden campaign applauds Twitter’s political ad ban

Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Holds A Town Hall In South Carolina Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are applauding Twitter’s decision to ban political ads from its platform starting in November, seeing it as a welcome contrast to Facebook’s hands-off approach to misleading ads.

In a statement, Bill Russo, deputy communications director for the Biden campaign, thanked Twitter, saying “We appreciate that Twitter recognizes that they should not permit disproven smears, like those from the Trump campaign, to appear in advertisements on their platform.”

Russo continued, “It would be unfortunate to suggest that the only option available to social media companies to do so is the full withdrawal of political advertising, but when faced with a choice between ad dollars and the integrity of our democracy, it is...

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from TV Aerial Installation Services Warrington https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/30/20940752/twitter-political-ad-ban-joe-biden-mark-warner-aoc-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-facebook
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