Twitter’s ban on paid political advertisement comes into effect

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Katrina Baxter de Almeida

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I am a senior associate in our Commercial Group in London, advising clients across a wide range of industries on complex technology matters, from cloud-based service arrangements to large-scale technology outsourcings.

Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, recently announced that the site will implement a worldwide ban on paid-for political adverts due to a belief that “political message reach should be earned, not bought”. Twitter’s new ad policy is to be implemented globally from 22 November 2019 and will apply to promotion of ‘political content’ and ‘political issues’ advertising.

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