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‘Classic corporate cowardice’: Netizens furious over Twitter’s RT ad ban
Social media giant Twitter announced it was banning RT from placing any advertisements on the platform. Many netizens are calling it censorship and an attack on free speech.
Twitter says the reason for the ban is because RT “attempted to interfere with the election on behalf of the Russian government” – despite any evidence, apart from the good people at the CIA saying so, of course.
READ MORE: Twitter bans all RT advertising, citing ‘election interference’
A number of journalists have branded the company's decision as hypocritical, while The Intercept’s Glenn Greenwald described the decision as “classic corporate cowardice.”
There's no rhyme or reason to Twitter's decision. It's purely arbitrary: classic corporate cowardice to appease jingoistic pressure.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 26, 2017
What if a foreign government complains that an American news outlet, say Fox News, is spreading American propaganda? What would Twitter do?
— Farhad Manjoo
