Twitter to ban political advertising

Re:Twitter to ban political advertising by Consultant32452 on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @06:09PM (#21403383)

I'm skeptical of this. Is a private charity promoting an LGBT fundraiser a political ad? What about Fox News pushing an ad about how other news is fake. Or MSNBC pushing an ad about Russia collusion? Was the now infamous Gillette woke ad political? It'll be interesting to see how this all plays out.

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Re:Twitter to ban political advertising by danso on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @06:15PM (#21403438)

"Political advertising" may be limited to advertising that is bought for by political campaigns and PACs, which they have a previously defined policy for:

https://business.twitter.com/en/help/ads-policies/restricted...

> The policy varies across markets but generally applies to ads that advocate for or against a candidate or political party, or ads by candidates and/or entities registered with their respective electoral commission.

edit: as u/ben509 pointed out, the above link only refers to political campaigns. Here's the link that defines "political content" as both campaigns and issue advocacy (at least in the U.S.)

https://business.twitter.com/en/help/ads-policies/restricted...

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Re:Twitter to ban political advertising by ben509 on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @06:23PM (#21403536)

This is wrong. He also said issue ads would be blocked.

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Re:Twitter to ban political advertising by danso on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @06:29PM (#21403587)

Perhaps the better link should be this one, which defines "political content", and covers both "political campaigning and issue advocacy advertising"

https://business.twitter.com/en/help/ads-policies/restricted...

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Re:Twitter to ban political advertising by ben509 on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @06:23PM (#21403531)

Yeah, "political" is a weasel word like "extremist." A view I like isn't political, it's just common sense or settled science, it's the other guy's views that are "political."

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Re:Twitter to ban political advertising by smadurange on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @08:06PM (#21404407)

That's so nicely put.

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Re:Twitter to ban political advertising by vxNsr on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @11:15PM (#21405425)

Ah, the "I'm always right" argument. Settled science is an oxymoron. For 100s of years people believed things to be totally settled only for the fundamental concept to be proven false. Anyone who starts up with "settled science" is always relying on faulty reasoning.

And common sense. common to whom?

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Re:Twitter to ban political advertising by xkjkls on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @06:41PM (#21403701)

It's far easier and less controversial to decide what is and isn't political than to decide what is or isn't true.

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Re:Twitter to ban political advertising by RandallBrown on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @06:17PM (#21403458)

Based on what he said, I don't think any of those will be blocked. It sounds like it's talking about campaign ads specifically, whether that's for people or issues.

I'm sure it will be better defined in the final policy.

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Re:Twitter to ban political advertising by randomsearch on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @06:29PM (#21403583)

This problem has been addressed in conventional media for a long time, nothing new here.

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Re:Twitter to ban political advertising by xkjkls on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @06:42PM (#21403706)

Well, American conventional media. It will be interesting to see how this policy extends internationally.

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