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"Political advertising" may be limited to advertising that is bought for by political campaigns and PACs, which they have a previously defined policy for:

https://business.twitter.com/en/help/ads-policies/restricted...

> The policy varies across markets but generally applies to ads that advocate for or against a candidate or political party, or ads by candidates and/or entities registered with their respective electoral commission.

edit: as u/ben509 pointed out, the above link only refers to political campaigns. Here's the link that defines "political content" as both campaigns and issue advocacy (at least in the U.S.)

https://business.twitter.com/en/help/ads-policies/restricted...




This is wrong. He also said issue ads would be blocked.


Perhaps the better link should be this one, which defines "political content", and covers both "political campaigning and issue advocacy advertising"

https://business.twitter.com/en/help/ads-policies/restricted...




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