https://news.sky.com/story/twitter-bans-all-political-advertising-says-ceo-jack-dorsey-11849565
Twitter has decided to ban all direct political advertising on their site. This new policy to take effect near the end of Nov 2019 is meant to defend the public from deep fakes, misinformation and general influence. While I agree that deep fakes and misinformation (fake news) is a real threat, the traditional model of advertising for general influence is not a bad thing regardless of who is advertising.
Overall I agree with this decision as much as I agree with Zuckerberg allowing political content, but then not picking sides on Facebook. It would be one thing if Twitter decided that it would censor ads based on things like facts (because in the USA one side doesn't base their reality on facts, they claim things are factual based solely on how things makes them feel - so you could see how that could lead to problems), but since Twitter isn't picking sides I see no issue here with bias.
Twitter is also a private company so I don't believe that any Government should dictate what they can and cannot do on their site. This is also a World Wide Policy that effects every country and every election, including the upcoming ones in the UK.
What do you think? Do you approve or disapprove?
Twitter has decided to ban all direct political advertising on their site. This new policy to take effect near the end of Nov 2019 is meant to defend the public from deep fakes, misinformation and general influence. While I agree that deep fakes and misinformation (fake news) is a real threat, the traditional model of advertising for general influence is not a bad thing regardless of who is advertising.
Overall I agree with this decision as much as I agree with Zuckerberg allowing political content, but then not picking sides on Facebook. It would be one thing if Twitter decided that it would censor ads based on things like facts (because in the USA one side doesn't base their reality on facts, they claim things are factual based solely on how things makes them feel - so you could see how that could lead to problems), but since Twitter isn't picking sides I see no issue here with bias.
Twitter is also a private company so I don't believe that any Government should dictate what they can and cannot do on their site. This is also a World Wide Policy that effects every country and every election, including the upcoming ones in the UK.
What do you think? Do you approve or disapprove?
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