By Madeline Fuerstenberg, Community Reporter
Recent policy decisions made by Twitter and Facebook regarding political advertising have produced opposing views from local Republicans and Democrats.
Representatives of the Chippewa and Eau Claire County Republican and Democratic parties said Facebook’s decision to run political advertisements without fact-checking them was one the company had the right to make. The chair of the UW-Eau Claire College Democrats said he supported Twitter’s decision to ban political ads altogether.
The controversy first flared on Oct. 30, when Twitter announced that it would implement a ban on all political advertising on the social media platform.
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