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Twitter Will No Longer Accept Ads From State-Controlled Media Entities

Network also suspended 936 Chinese accounts for actions aimed at Hong Kong

Content from some of the Twitter accounts that were removed in China Twitter

By David Cohen

August 19, 2019

Twitter today said it is changing its advertising policies and no longer accepting ads from state-controlled media entities. The announcement came on the same day the platform discovered coordinated activity from China attempting to sow political discord in Hong Kong.

David Cohen
david.cohen@adweek.com David Cohen is editor of Adweek's Social Pro Daily.
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