Should Social Media Ban Paid Political Advertisements?

On October 30th 2019, political advertisement on Twitter was greatly affected. Jack Dorsey posted a tweet that announced that he made the “decision to ban political advertising on Twitter globally” (Dorsey). As this topic may be very controversial, I argue that Dorsey’s decision to ban paid political ads was beneficial because it helps filter negative ads, it helps to eliminate some of the fake news circulating and it minimizes the effects of political ads on votes.