November 19, 2019
Twitter details bans of political ads, limits 'cause-based' ads
Twitter announced details of its new policy on accepting political advertising on Friday, which effectively stops candidates and campaigns from buying advertising.
The bans include advertising purchases by political action committees, or PACs, and 501(C)(4) non-profit organizations.
Although the "political content" policy will prevent promotion of candidates and legislation, "caused-based advertising," covering topics such as climate change, abortion or animal rights will be restricted but not banned. The separation comes after comments from issues advocates who were concerned their advertising would be banned after Twitter announced its political ban in October.
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"Twitter globally prohibits the promotion of political content. We have made this decision based on our belief that political message reach should be earned, not bought," it said in a statement on Friday.
The new Twitter policy means that advertising on its platform cannot seek political or regulatory outcomes, and political keywords such as "liberal" or "conservative" will not target users in data-driven Twitter marketing profiles. A longer list of banned keywords is expected to be released next week.
Friday's action is a response to close analysis of social media platforms over their handling of political advertising, particularly as the 2020 elections approaches.
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A New Kind of Tyranny: The Global State's War on Those Who Speak Truth to Power
"What happens to Julian Assange and to Chelsea Manning is meant to intimidate us, to frighten us into silence. By defending Julian Assange, we defend our most sacred rights. Speak up now or wake up one morning to the silence of a new kind of tyranny. The choice is ours." -John Pilger, investigative journalist
All of us are in danger. In an age of prosecutions for thought crimes, pre-crime deterrence programs, and government agencies that operate like organized crime syndicates, there is a new kind of tyranny being imposed on those who dare to expose the crimes of the Deep State, whose reach has gone global.
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Trump administration ousts Obama-appointed homelessness official
The Trump administration ousted a top federal homelessness official Friday. Matthew Doherty, the executive director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, tweeted that the administration had asked him to leave his post, which he had held since April 2015. The Washington Post also obtained an internal email from Doherty to colleagues saying he the administration had asked Doherty had "told me to pack up my things and go."
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