Twitter’s ban on paid political advertisement comes into effect

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Katrina Baxter

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I am a mid-level associate in our Commercial Group in London, assisting clients in various industries on a range of technology matters from advising on cloud-based service arrangements to complex technology outsourcings.

Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, recently announced that the site will implement a worldwide ban on paid-for political adverts due to a belief that “political message reach should be earned, not bought”. Twitter’s new ad policy is to be implemented globally from 22 November 2019 and will apply to promotion of ‘political content’ and ‘political issues’ advertising.

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