If online platforms won’t commit to a publicly available, platform-neutral, machine-readable register of all political ads and ad data online, then they should consider following Twitter’s lead in banning political advertising. This is the reaction made by the ad agency professional body, the IPA, in a statement released on 31 October 2019 in light of yesterday’s announcement that Twitter is to ban all political advertising on its platform. Says Paul Bainsfair, Director General, IPA: “We welcome Twitter’s decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter. “Jack Dorsey’s statement specifically references…
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