An advertisement placed by tech conference company Web Summit lauding a Chinese government statement was halted by Twitter for violating its ban on political promotion. Twitter said in statement that it removed the post and at least one other Web Summit advertisement for violating its ban on promoted political content, and for violating its prohibition on advertising referencing a sensitive event, namely the pandemic. Explaining how it violated the ban on political content, a company spokesperson noted the embassy post references a government official. The post was one of three Web Summit ads to have been removed since March 18th. The promoted tweet that was removed by Twitter for violating its ban on political promotion.

Source: The Irish Times March 30, 2020 15:01 UTC