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Twitter to Ban Political Advertisements

Associated Press

   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
   would 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.
   The issue arose in September when Twitter, along with Facebook and
   Google, refused to remove a misleading video ad from President Donald
   Trump's campaign that targeted former Vice President Joe Biden, a
   leading Democratic presidential candidate.

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