Twitter has introduced new policies to "issue ads" in the US, such as political ads and advertisements attempting to influence legislation. The move comes following recent issues with bad actors after the 2016 presidential campaign, however previous changes to the restrictions to these type of ads by both Twitter and Facebook came under criticism from publishers. In a statement on its website, Google said it was "working closely with publishers around the world to help them understand how their content is being used for malicious purposes. Twitter's "legislative issues of importance" include: abortion, civil rights, climate change, guns, healthcare, immigration, national security, social security, taxes, and trade.
Twitter has introduced new policies to "issue ads" in the US, such as political ads and advertisements attempting to influence legislation. The move comes following recent issues with bad actors after the 2016 presidential campaign, however previous changes to the restrictions to these type of ads by both Twitter and Facebook came under criticism from publishers. In response, Twitter made exemptions to the policies for publishers with 200,000 unique monthly visitors. Twitter's "legislative issues of importance" include: abortion, civil rights, climate change, guns, healthcare, immigration, national security, social security, taxes, and trade.