Gmail Users Widely Pan Proposal to Let Political Ads Bypass Spam Filters

2022-07-15 17:36:03

WASHINGTON — The ultimate verdict — a final decision by the Federal Election Commission — may not be out, but a lengthy document released by the agency Thursday evening suggests a vast number of Gmail users are dead set against... Read More

Social Media

FEC Rules US Citizens Living Abroad Can Purchase Online Political Ads

2021-01-19 18:00:54

by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - The Federal Elections Commission has ruled that U.S. citizens living abroad can purchase political advertisements pertaining to elections in the United States. The agency handed down the ruling in the case of Jean-Marc Bertrand, who seeks to encourage... Read More

Polling and Ads

Political Ads & Polling Round Up: October 6

2020-10-06 21:10:00

by TWN Staff

POLITICAL ADS Republicans Point to Corrupt Lobbyists and Billionaires The National Republican Congressional Committee is running a new ad in IL-13 attacking Democrat Betsy Dirksen Londrigan saying her campaign is being funded by corrupt lobbyists. The National Republican Congressional Committee... Read More

Social Media

Twitter Bans All Political Ads, in Sharp Contrast to Facebook

2019-10-31 16:54:05

by Twitter Bans All Political Ads, in Sharp Contrast to Facebook

Twitter Inc. founder and Chief Executive Jack Dorsey announced Wednesday his social media company — in pointed contrast to Facebook Inc. — would stop running political advertising worldwide. In a long thread of Twitter messages, he wrote that online political... Read More