Twitter bans Russia Today and Sputnik from advertising


Twitter has banned Russian media companies Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik from advertising on its service.

“This decision was based on the retrospective work we’ve been doing around the 2016 U.S. election and the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusion that both RT and Sputnik attempted to interfere with the election on behalf of the Russian government. We did not come to this decision lightly, and are taking this step now as part of our ongoing commitment to help protect the integrity of the user experience on Twitter,” the statement says.

At the same time, RT and Sputnik may remain organic users on the platform.

Twitter has also decided to take the $1.9 million we are projected to have earned from RT global advertising since they became an advertiser in 2011, which includes the $274,100 in 2016 U.S.-based advertising.


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