Twitter to ban political ads from November 22

By Reuters • last updated: 09/12/2019

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(Reuters) – Twitter Inc <TWTR.N> will ban political advertising on its platform from Nov. 22, Jack Dorsey, chief executive officer said on Wednesday.

“We’ve made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally. We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought,” Dorsey tweeted. (https://twitter.com/jack/status/1189634360472829952)

(Reporting by Amal S in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel)

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