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Re:Twitter to ban political advertising by TomMckenny on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @11:47PM (#21405568)
No need to even think of controlling speech. But certainly ban political advertising which amounts to bribery both in theory and practice.

No one could genuinely believe that probating de-facto bribery is indistinguishable from censorship. Indeed it's very telling that banning _all_ political ads is objected to as being allegedly "biased".

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Re:Twitter to ban political advertising by erichocean on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @11:52PM (#21405584)
> Indeed it's very telling that banning _all_ political ads is objected to as being allegedly "biased"

Easy solution that should make everyone happy: a complete ban on all forms of advertising, on all platforms, in all mediums, without any carve outs for any group, cause, or creed.

Or we can just continue to let some people mind-hack the public so that other people can get rich.

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