The Party of European Socialists (PES) welcomed Twitter's announcement on Thursday 31 October to ban political advertising worldwide.
"All companies in all sectors - public or private - assume social responsibilities, especially those that are powerful and essential to democracy, such as the press or, increasingly, social media platforms", said President of the European party Sergei Stanishev in a statement. "We congratulate Twitter on its decision - it's good for democracy and we call...