> Did Google run political ads that were purchased by other countries and intended to deceive the US electorate? Just from a quick search [1], yes. I don't th

> Did Google run political ads that were purchased by other countries and intended to deceive the US electorate? Just from a quick search [1], yes. I don't think megous's comment has a "it's a joke bro" attitude. You're criticizing a company that provides a free service for taking the due diligence to prune its paying clients of anyone that they don't think should be a paying client. This has nothing to do with inflated growth numbers, it's about Twitter making the decision that they do not want state-funded Russian companies advertising on their platform. The bots issue is a completely different thing that I'm sure Twitter has an entire team of devs devoted to. It's not as easy as flipping a switch. They need to make sure they aren't banning real users of their service just because language and posting patterns used by those bots are based on those of real users. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/10/09/google-uncovers-russian-bought-ads-on-youtube-gmail-and-other-platforms/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/10/09...