Twitter Bans Advertising From State-Controlled News Media

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

https://www.mediapost.com/publicati...ns-advertising-from-state-controlled-new.html

Escalating its brewing battle with the Chinese government, Twitter says it will no longer accept advertising from state-controlled news media entities.

Along with a similar response from Facebook, Twitter is also suspending nearly 1,000 accounts thought to be tied to a Chinese disinformation campaign against pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.

The disinformation campaign in question was intended to “sow political discord in Hong Kong, including undermining the legitimacy and political protest movement on the ground,” Twitter said on Monday.

Accounts impacted by the broader policy change can continue to use Twitter -- just not the company’s ad products.

“This policy will apply to news media entities that are either financially or editorially controlled by the state,” Twitter said.

Yes for some time Twitter has to deal with allegations of state sponsored information but in this case they are taking about media outlets that are state owned in China though.

 

[TheBigA]

My expectation is that they will find a way around it, and do it for free.

I wonder if this means Twitter will no longer accept drunk driving ads from NHTSA.

 

[anotherguyTN]

If they could only use that as a way to stop tweets from some of our politicians on both sides...

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

If they could only use that as a way to stop tweets from some of our politicians on both sides...

Not gonna happen.