Twitter is bringing back political advertising on the platform. Political ads have been banned there since 2019. So they're not going to be regulated in any way and they're going back to their practices. But it's also hard to put the toothpaste back in the tube or whatever, right? They've already become a place for organizing rebellion movements,. Like January 6th, that's like a organized on social media.
CNN's Audie Cornish joins Kara as guest co-host with plenty to cover: the Republican disarray in the Speaker of the House vote, the E.U. fining Meta for privacy violations, and Twitter allowing political advertising back on the platform. Also, Donald Trump could get his Facebook account back, and Elon Musk’s year is off to a rough start. Plus, SBF’s former allies are cooperating, and tech layoffs continue.
You can find Audie on Twitter at @AudieCornish, and can listen to her podcast “The Assignment with Audie Cornish” wherever you listen to podcasts.
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