1. Lots of people are cheering Twitter for rejecting political ads but there are serious downsides to this. As @ryangrim points out social media spending is a good way for insurgent campaigns to gain traction.
2. Also, as @WillOremus notes, Twitter's new policy will limit the ad buying power not just of politicians but political movements, including unions and environmentalists. But it won't hut their opponents. onezero.medium.com/twitters-ban-o…
3. Bottom line is that social media rules on political speech are too important to be left to the billionaires. There needs to be democratic accountability. More thoughts here: thenation.com/article/twitte…
