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CEO Jack Dorsey Says Twitter Will Ban all Political Ads

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago5 years ago06 mins

CEO Jack Dorsey just announced, via tweet, that Twitter will be banning all political advertising — albeit with “a few exceptions” like voter registration. “We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought,” Dorsey said. While it’s not totally clear how broad those exceptions will be, it sounds like the ban will apply to…

Facebook, YouTube and Twitter Struggles to Remove New Zealand Mosque Shooting Videos

Byron Adonis Mutingwende6 years ago6 years ago07 mins

The shooter in at least one of the two mosque attacks in New Zealand on Friday used social media to stream his deadly rampage live. Shortly after, tech giants scrambled to remove his accounts, but versions of the video remained on some sites hours after the shootings, which killed at least 49 people. Facebook, Twitter and Google’s YouTube all said they…