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Twitter joins Facebook and Google in banning cryptocurrency adverts

Twitter is banning cryptocurrency adverts across its site from Tuesday, succumbing to mounting pressure to join Google and Facebook in a crackdown on the controversial promotions. Twitter said it would be banning adverts for both initial coin offerings and token sales, saying: "We know that this type of … Read More

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Twitter Detectives Use #WhoBitBeyonce To Track Down Beyoncé’s Assailant

On Monday morning we all spit out our coffee after being served an enormous cup of scalding hot tea. In a GQ article about Tiffany Haddish, we found out that the goddess Beyoncé herself was bit on the face by an unidentified, crazed actress. "There was this actress there that's …

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Bitcoin Today: Prices Tumble Below $8000 as Twitter Confirms Crypto Ad Ban

In a statement to CNBC, Twitter said via a spokesperson that it is "committed to ensuring the safety of the Twitter community." The spokesperson continued, "As such, we have added a new policy for Twitter Ads relating to cryptocurrency. Under this new policy, the advertisement of Initial Coin Offerings … Read …

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Ranking all 30 MLB teams’ official Twitter hashtags for the 2018 season

A weird annual tradition in every league is the release of the new hashtags on Twitter. Every year, each team associates a tag with its logo, so that fans can show off how big of fans they are and let the world know that they spend lots of time on …

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Twitter Confirms Ban On Cryptocurrency Ads

Twitter told Reuters that the ban will cover advertising for Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) and token sales. The policy will be introduced over the course of the next 30 days and will also include bans on cryptocurrency exchanges and wallet services, unless they are public companies and are listed on …

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Everyone Including Twitter Is Sick and Tired of Cryptocurrency Ads

On Monday Twitter confirmed to multiple outlets that the social network will ban some advertisements for cryptocurrencies and related products in the next 30 days. After Reddit, Facebook, and finally Google all banned cryptocurrency advertising, rumors circulated last week that Twitter—a hub for the … Read More

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Congress wants to include Google and Twitter in social media privacy inquiry

A panel of Senate lawmakers aims to grill the top executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter next month. It is the latest indication that the controversy surrounding Facebook's data privacy practices now threatens to envelope the whole of Silicon Valley. The Senate Judiciary Committee's chairman, … Read More

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Twitter, Backed by Bitcoin Fan Jack Dorsey, to Bar Some Cryptocurrency Ads Starting Tuesday

Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey's belief in Bitcoin doesn't seem to extend to all crypto. At least for now. Joining Google parent company Alphabet and Facebook, Twitter revealed Monday its plans to ban some cryptocurrency-related ads in a bid to decrease fraud and deception on the site. Namely … Read …

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Twitter cracks down on cryptocurrency ads

Twitter will ban adverts for certain cryptocurrency services as well as initial coin offerings, following in the footsteps of Google and Facebook as large technology groups respond to pressure to protect consumers from scams. The San-Francisco based company said that it would introduce a global ban on … Read More

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Twitter to start banning cryptocurrency ads, joining Google and Facebook

Twitter, following in the footsteps of Google and Facebook, will now ban ads for ICOs and token sales. Reuters first reported the ban. A Twitter spokesperson told VentureBeat that the new policy will roll out starting tomorrow, and will be fully enforceable to all advertisers within approximately a month. Read …