{"id":1795766,"date":"2023-01-05T09:35:18","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T14:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1795766"},"modified":"2023-01-05T09:36:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T14:36:10","slug":"twitter-says-it-will-relax-ban-on-political-advertising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-says-it-will-relax-ban-on-political-advertising\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Announces it Will Relax the Ban on Political Advertising"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwitter-says-it-will-relax-ban-on-political-advertising%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1795766&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-twitter\">Twitter<\/a> It will lift its 3-year-old ban. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-political\">political<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-advertising\">advertising<\/a>Elon Musk&#8217;s latest attempt to increase revenue following his purchase of the social media platform last January is a reorganization called.<\/p>\n<p>The company tweeted late Tuesday night that \u201cwe\u2019re relaxing our ads policy for cause-based ads in the US.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also plan to expand the political advertising we permit in the coming weeks,\u201d The company made the statement via its Twitter Safety account.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter has taken down all political advertising in 2019 as a response to misinformation being spread via social media.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Dorsey, then-CEO, stated that internet advertising is powerful and effective for commercial advertisers. \u201cthat power brings significant risks to politics, where it can be used to influence votes to affect the lives of millions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This latest move seems to be a departure from that policy which had prohibited ads by candidates, political party members, elected or appointed officials, and banned ads by candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Political advertising made up a sliver of Twitter\u2019s overall revenue, accounting for less than $3 million of total spending for the 2018 U.S. midterm election.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter reversed the ban and stated that \u201ccause-based advertising can facilitate public conversation around important topics\u201d and that the change will align the platform\u2019s advertising policy with those of \u201cTV and other media outlets,\u201d Without providing additional details.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook lifted its ban on political ads and social issues ads in March 2021, which was in effect after the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election.<\/p>\n<p>Musk bills himself as a free-speech warrior and bought Twitter because he believed it wasn\u2019t living up to its potential as a free-speech platform.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-associated-press\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AP-logo-square-1080.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter It will lift its 3-year-old ban. political advertisingElon Musk&#8217;s latest attempt to increase revenue following his purchase of the social media platform last January is a reorganization called. 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