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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 1 Nov 2019

      1. Lots of people are cheering Twitter for rejecting political ads but there are serious downsides to this. As @ryangrim points out social media spending is a good way for insurgent campaigns to gain traction.

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 1 Nov 2019

      2. Also, as @WillOremus notes, Twitter's new policy will limit the ad buying power not just of politicians but political movements, including unions and environmentalists. But it won't hut their opponents. https://onezero.medium.com/twitters-ban-on-political-ads-will-hurt-activists-labor-groups-and-organizers-c339908b841d …

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 1 Nov 2019

      3. Bottom line is that social media rules on political speech are too important to be left to the billionaires. There needs to be democratic accountability. More thoughts here: https://www.thenation.com/article/twitter-facebook-political-advertising/ …

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        1. student-fried debt‏ @yungspam_1 1 Nov 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          So let’s nationalize Facebook, Twitter, Google and Apple then. Is that what you are suggesting?

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        1. zaron‏ @zaron5551 1 Nov 2019
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          Assume this calls for public ownership of facebook and twitter

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        2. Reverend Slim's Traveling Freakshow‏ @ReverendSlim 1 Nov 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @Daniel_Rubino

          Real talk: I don't want to see any ads. ANY. And I ignore the ones that show up. You know... like a sane person.

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        3. Daniel Rubino‏Verified account @Daniel_Rubino 1 Nov 2019
          Replying to @ReverendSlim @HeerJeet

          I mean, fair, but Twitter - like other services - don't run for free. There has to be a revenue model of some kind. How much should I put you down for your monthly Twitter subscription?

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        1. Dog Profile Pic‏ @HowlinFantods 1 Nov 2019
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          Accounts like @FrackFeed (a hilarious follow by the way, an oil company spending so much money and time on an account that gets zero engagement) get to run their stuff unopposed. Also limits political ads from reaching the younger gen.https://twitter.com/ryanlcooper/status/1189993068281442304?s=20 …

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          jeeesus https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/12/10/social-media-outpaces-print-newspapers-in-the-u-s-as-a-news-source/ … pic.twitter.com/Pch20cli7v
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        1. A Portrait Of Dorian Grey Goose‏ @mathew_wk 1 Nov 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          There statement was all political ads world wide. How is it even possible to police the ads all over the world when twitter itself has been responsible for revolutions. It’s bull shit right off the bat

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        2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 1 Nov 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          "Social media rules on political speech are too important to be left to the billionaires." Agreed, which is why Jack declining to arbitrate political speech seems like the preferable outcome.

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 1 Nov 2019
          Replying to @mtracey

          Read the article! He's still arbitrating -- he'll take ads from Exxon but not from environmentalists.

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        1. Dan Kervick‏ @DanMKervick 1 Nov 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Do you propose anything concrete, something beyond the vague call to “regulate” Facebook and Twitter?

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        1. Keith Hartel‏ @hartelkeith 1 Nov 2019
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          The conflation of rules against political advertising with rules on political speech is an expression of the nefarious money=speech paradigm which is the cause of everything that is wrong with our government.

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