After Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced on Wednesday that Twitter would no longer publish political ads, implicitly attacking Facebook, which still accepts political ads and had announced its earnings the same day, by writing, “We’ve made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally. We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought … This isn’t about free expression. This is about paying for reach,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg fired back defending free speech.
Zuckerberg wrote on Facebook: “I believe strongly — and I believe that history supports — that free expression has been important for driving progress and building more inclusive societies around the world,” as well as “I think we also need to be careful about adopting more and more rules that restrict the way that people can speak and what they can say.” He also stated, “In a democracy, I don’t think it’s right for private companies to censor politicians or the news.”
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