Twitter Inc. on Thursday accused Russian media outlets Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik of interfering in the 2016 U.S. election and banned them from buying ads on its network, after criticism the social network had not done enough to deter international meddling. San Francisco-based Twitter said in an unsigned statement on its website that election meddling is "not something we want" on the social network. It cited a report this year from U.S. intelligence agencies and said it had also done its own investigations of RT and Sputnik. The company said it would allow RT and Sputnik to maintain regular, non-ad Twitter accounts in accordance with its rules. "The more money RT spent, the bigger the reach to American voters that Twitter would provide," RT said, describing the Twitter sales pitch.

Source: CBC News October 26, 2017 20:03 UTC