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Twitter follows Facebook, endorses Honest Ads Act

By Kelly Cohen
Published April 10, 2018 5:37pm ET
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Twitter follows Facebook, endorses Honest Ads Act
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Twitter has followed Facebook’s lead and endorsed the Honest Ads Act, legislation that regulates political ads on social media platforms.

The announcement comes just hours before Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faces lawmakers on Capitol Hill, and roughly 24 hours after the lawmakers who introduced the legislation urged Twitter to endorse it.

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