LISBON (Reuters) – Europe’s antitrust chief praised Twitter on Thursday for banning political advertising but criticized Facebook, which will continue to run such ads, for its “de facto manipulation of who you’re going to vote for”. FILE PHOTO: European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager addresses a news conference on an antitrust case in Brussels, Belgium July 18, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman Margrethe Vestager has been granted new powers by the European Union to rein in the tech sector over the next five years. Both Twitter and Facebook have faced pressure to stop carrying ads that spread false information and that could steer elections. From this month Twitter will ban them globally. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said that paying for ads forces “targeted political messages on people” with a power that “brings significant risks to politics, where it can be used to influence votes to affect the lives of millions.” Vestager told a conference in Lisbon, “Twitter’s statement is still not the end of the story, you still have other issues like bots and so on, but it’s an important step forward because the company states its values.” A bot is an automated application that can control a Twitter account and tweet messages…. Read full this story
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