In October 2019 Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that his social media company would ban all political advertising. He stated that political messages on the platform should reach users through the recommendation of other users – not through paid reach. Proponents argue that social media companies don’t have the tools to stop the spread of false information since their advertising platforms aren’t moderated by human beings. Opponents argue that the ban will disenfranchise candidates and campaigns who rely on social media for grassroots organizing and fundraising.
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No, but algorithms should not be able to influence a person by showing more of one politician/party over another
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No, but political advertising should ONLY encompass what a candidate's or party's factual stances/policies are
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Depends on the aggression, timing, and content of the ads. If they are "attack ads", that serve no other purpose than to belittle other political parties, without selling a proper alternative, those should be targeted.
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No, but they should be unable to give donations to political parties.
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No, As long as the spending is made public and where the money came from.
@99R6VBD1yr1Y
I don't think this should be up to the government.
@945CVFT2yrs2Y
If it’s used properly then I see no problem
@938987L2yrs2Y
No, but regulate political advertising for misinformation.
@8Y3PPL62yrs2Y
Yes, because not banning them increases the risk of social media companies being able to interfere and influence politics/elections.
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I now shown just for a fact the fake choices is means big ban for community service
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Yes, unless it is a specific group or page dedicated to the political party or person, the people coming across these groups or pages should also be aware of this
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They are private companies. They can if they wish to do so.
@8PS23RB3yrs3Y
Only for those i disagree with
@8J97QQJ4yrs4Y
No under strict condition that they dont belittle another party
@8J6T7WV4yrs4Y
Social media should encourage everyone to take a questionnaire like this one to determine who they should vote for. The questionnaire should never be biased.
@8J69J9Z4yrs4Y
No, but make the ad informative
@8J2FBLH4yrs4Y
No, as long as they are only advertising their policies
@8HS6NJS4yrs4Y
The user should be able to choose in their app settings
@8HB4WNZ4yrs4Y
they should advertise the same amount of each party
@8H8BHR54yrs4Y
Social media companies are Private, they can do what they like
@8GXYPCC4yrs4Y
Free speech should be permitted
@8GR86R84yrs4Y
No, but it needs to be clearly labelled what is political advertising (not manipulating algorithms to show news stories that have a certain slant as a way of conditioning people to vote a certain way)
@8GKCY724yrs4Y
No - but there should be fact-checking, and if something is not true it should be obviously pointed out. That's tricky, but too many people are misinformed.
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Put caps in the amounts that candidates can spend on their campaigns, rather than restrict the kind of media that they campaign on.
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No, providing algorithms don’t feed you only one party
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Social media is just another platform to be heard and it’s not going away anytime soon, I fact it’s only going to get worse, we have to learn to read between the lines and see it for what it’s become
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I think it needs to be clearly stated that it is an advert.
@8C7Y9L84yrs4Y
No, but only to a small degree.
yes, they would intentionally market in a way that would further polarize people based on their search histories
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No, but fact check it to make sure it’s reliable and not fake news
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No, but more should be done to level the playing field
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No as long as they stick to promoting their own policies only
Should be regulated like all other advertising
These should be clearly labelled as ads.
It shouldn’t be banned, provided the algorithm does not only show one side, political advertising should be fair and not promote misinformation
How will this be policed, social media companies are owned by individuals who have a stance, a political leaning so will always lean towards being biased
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I don't think social media companies should be able to do that stuff as they could lose lots of viewers
No they should not, but the use of algorithms inside the social media platforms should not be used to cater to peoples political interests i.e. conservative and liberal politics should not start showing up as youtuber recommendations for viewers watching one video on the subject.
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I think they should, but that would be up to private companies, not the government
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No, but they should be capped at the same rate of spend equally to remove wealth driving political successes.
Yes, paid political advertising should be banned.
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Ideally they would ban all advertising.
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No as it removes freedom of expression but its childish and political parties should just act their age
No, they should put resources into removing fake news and unsubstantiated claims
Should only be a little bit
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