# Business Casual: Twitter Bans Political Ads

Published 2019-11-01 · Updated 2026-07-23 · Professional AV on MarketScale
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> Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that the social media outlet had decided to ban all political and issue advertisements as of November 22. Is this a wise move in light of the scrutiny Facebook is receiving, or is this a cop out to avoid dealing with the difficult issues of our time? Hear what…

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/home) CEO Jack Dorsey [announced](https://twitter.com/jack/status/1189634360472829952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1189634360472829952&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2F2019%2F10%2F30%2F20940587%2Ftwitter-political-ad-ban-election-2020-jack-dorsey-facebook) that the social media outlet had decided to ban all political and issue advertisements as of November 22. Is this a wise move in light of the scrutiny [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/) is receiving, or is this a cop out to avoid dealing with the difficult issues of our time?

Hear what Daniel Litwin and Tyler Kern have to say about it on this excerpt from Business Casual.

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