Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has said the platform will stop hosting political adverts from Earlier this month. He explained the decision in a series of tweets, saying political ads brought "entirely new challenges to civic discourse", and the company believed "political message reach should be earned, not bought". Analysts said the move threw Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's position into sharp relief, after he recently said he didn't think it was right for "private companies to censor politicians".
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has said the platform will stop hosting political adverts from 22 November. He explained the decision in a series of tweets, saying political ads brought "entirely new challenges to civic discourse", and the company believed "political message reach should be earned, not bought". Analysts said the move threw Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's position into sharp relief, after he recently said he didn't think it was right for "private companies to censor politicians".