Last month, Facebook said it would adopt new rules to bring greater transparency to advertising on its platform. But representatives of Facebook and Google declined to say whether they would follow Twitter’s lead in banning RT and Sputnik advertising. In a public statement, Twitter said that RT had purchased about $274,100 in advertising aimed at United States markets in 2016, promoting close to 2,000 Tweets. On Wednesday, Twitter provided additional information, disclosing that Twitter had earned a total of $1.9 million in advertising revenue from RT since 2011. Across the world, governments have made aggressive use of Twitter and Facebook to drive their own messaging and propaganda.

Source: International New York Times October 26, 2017 14:18 UTC