Twitter is officially banning political ads

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Jack Dorsey couldn't make this massive Twitter announcement without a little subtweet.

The Twitter CEO announced Wednesday that the social platform would stop running all political ads, including those from candidates and issue ads. It comes just after Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg has refused to do the same, and as foreign influence has already been found to be creeping into the next presidential election discussion.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.