General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTwitter is banning all ads from Russian news agencies RT and Sputnik effective immediately
by Natasha Bertrand at Business Insider
http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-is-banning-all-ads-from-russian-news-agencies-rt-and-sputnik-2017-10
"SNIP.........
Twitter announced on Thursday that it would ban all advertisements from the Russian news agencies RT and Sputnik.
"Twitter has made the policy decision to off-board advertising from all accounts owned by Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik, effective immediately," the company wrote in a statement posted on its blog.
"This decision was based on the retrospective work we've been doing around the 2016 U.S. election and the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that both RT and Sputnik attempted to interfere with the election on behalf of the Russian government."
RT directed reporters to a lengthy statement published on its website in which it said it "never violated any rules while advertising on Twitter" and "has never spread any sort of deliberate misinformation."
...........SNIP"
applegrove
(118,642 posts)The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,590 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,080 posts)Let's hope they're more diligent in banning the fake accounts these two agencies are likely to use as replacements, along with all of the various bot accounts.
Squinch
(50,949 posts)And yes, how about all the other outlets that are Russian backed?
VermontKevin
(1,473 posts)4now
(1,596 posts)But I don't know if they are.