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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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