No Political Ads? AWESOME Idea!!!

Russell Meyers
Nov 5 · 3 min read

Twitter recently announced that they will not be hosting any political advertising for the 2020 election season.

Some claim this is an infringement of free speech or some claptrap. No, this does not affect freedom of speech. The candidates can still have their own pages, they just cannot pay to promote those pages.

Yes, Facebook and all media should be following the same policy. So should Google. This is the absolute best, most fair system possible at this time.

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