Twitter will now clearly label political ads on its social platform and is committing to stricter guidelines for ad targeting.
The change comes amid increasing pressure from lawmakers after evidence came out that groups associated with the Russian government used Twitter, Facebook, Google, and other platforms to spread divisive messages before and after the 2016 election.
Twitter's voluntary move follows the introduction of a new effort to regulate political ads on social platforms called the "Honest Ads Act." A Twitter executive is scheduled to testify on Nov. 1 at a hearing on how it let Russian accounts buy political ads during the 2016 election. Read more...
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