On Wednesday, Twitter announced it will not accept any political ads, starting in November to cut down on misinformation ahead of the 2020 election.
Jack Dorsey, the company’s co-founder, and CEO wrote in a lengthy Twitter chain, “While internet advertising is incredibly powerful and very effective for commercial advertisers, that power brings significant risks to politics, where it can be used to influence votes to affect the lives of millions.”
Dorsey continued, “We considered stopping only candidate ads, but issue ads present a way to circumvent. Additionally, it isn’t fair for everyone but candidates to buy ads for issues they want to push. So we’re stopping these too.”
The move by Twitter goes above Facebook’s more stringent guidelines for political ads, making it clearer who bought the spot.
It is unclear if Facebook will reconsider its policies to match Twitter, as congressional Democrats, most recently, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) asked the tech giant to reconsider earlier Wednesday.