Bozell Blasts Twitter’s Ban on Political and Issue Ads: ‘Conservatives Should be Very Concerned’, by Craig Bannister

By Craig Bannister, CNSNews, October 31, 2019

“By restricting ads, Twitter can further limit the ability of conservatives to get their message heard,” Media Research Center (MRC) President warned Thursday.

In a statement reacting to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s announcement that the social media giant will stop accepting both political ads and “issue ads,” Bozell called Twitter’s rationale “laughable”:

“To pretend Twitter is taking the moral high ground in banning political ads is laughable. Twitter sees the backlash Facebook has received for embracing free speech in advertising and with this ban, hopes to force their hand into doing the same.”

While social media giants were already censoring conservative free speech, Twitter’s latest move will make it even harder for conservatives to speak out, Bozell said:

“A key reason organizations and individuals buy ads is to promote an issue that they cannot get covered by conventional means. We have seen how the social media giants have used their content policies to suppress conservative speech. Because of this, liberal messaging dominates Twitter and by restricting ads, Twitter can further limit the ability of conservatives to get their message heard.”  ….

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