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Twitter Ends Russian State Media Advertisements, Citing 2016 Interference Efforts

The San Francisco microblog service announced the move "effective immediately" ahead of a congressional hearing about Russia's use of social media in its influence campaign.
Twitter ended its advertising relationship with Russia Today and Sputnik on Thursday based on "the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that both RT and Sputnik attempted to interfere with the election on behalf of the Russian government."

Twitter announced Thursday that a pair of Russian state media organizations would no longer be able to advertise on the service,

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