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ISLAMABAD: In a bid to increase revenue, Elon Musk’s Twitter has announced it will relax its 3-year-old ban on political advertising.
As per report by the Associated Press, late on Tuesday in a Twitter post the company said it is relaxing the policy on advertisements in US for “for cause-based ads”.
The announcement was made via the Twitter Safety account, which stated that in the company the plans to “expand political advertising”.
In reaction to spread of misinformation on social media, in 2019, Twitter’s previous owner Jack Dorsey had decided to ban all political advertising.
Twitter decides to relax ban on political advertisements
The latest decision seems to be an end to Dorsey’s measures. The ban targeted ads by political parties, candidates, along with appointed or elected government officials.
