The heads of two leading social media companies have very different ideas about paid advertisements supporting political candidates. On Wednesday, Twitter’s Chief Executive Officer, Jack Dorsey, said that the social media company would stop all political advertising. On the same day, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg again defended his company’s policy of permitting political advertisements. Zuckerberg faced questions on the subject from lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee last week. In a series of tweets, Dorsey said Wednesday that internet advertising is effective for advertisers. But he warned: “That power brings significant risks to politics.” Dorsey went on to say that his company believed that “political message reach should be earned not bought.”
Title: Unlike Facebook, Twitter Bans Political Advertisements
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3763/twit.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Unlike Facebook, Twitter Bans Political Advertisements' data-article-id='4244'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13146'>The heads of two leading social media companies have very different ideas about paid advertisements supporting political candidates.</span> <span data-start-time='13146' data-end-time='27000'>On Wednesday, Twitter’s Chief Executive Officer, Jack Dorsey, said that the social media company would stop all political advertising.</span> <span data-start-time='27000' data-end-time='40750'>On the same day, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg again defended his company’s policy of permitting political advertisements.</span> <span data-start-time='40750' data-end-time='52688'>Zuckerberg faced questions on the subject from lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee last week.</span> <span data-start-time='52688' data-end-time='63500'>In a series of tweets, Dorsey said Wednesday that internet advertising is effective for advertisers.</span> <span data-start-time='63500' data-end-time='71521'>But he warned: “That power brings significant risks to politics.”</span> <span data-start-time='71521' data-end-time='83479'>Dorsey went on to say that his company believed that “political message reach should be earned not bought.”</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3763/range_of_influence.wav'><span>range of influence</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3763/social_media.wav'><span>social media</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3763/financial_service.wav'><span>financial service</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=13942 data-hint-location='40750' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3763/what_committee_did_he_face.wav'>What committee did he face?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Financial Services'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3763/oversight_and_reform.wav'><span>Oversight and Reform</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3763/small_business.wav'><span>Small Business</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3763/homeland_security.wav'><span>Homeland Security</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3763/financial_services.wav'><span>Financial Services</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=13943 data-hint-location='52688' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3763/he_said_advertising_is_effective_for__blank__.wav'>He said advertising is effective for <span class='blank'>advertisers</span>. </div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='advertisers'><div class='choice' 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