{"id":9357,"date":"2018-03-26T11:03:57","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T17:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=9357"},"modified":"2018-03-26T11:03:57","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T17:03:57","slug":"twitter-joins-google-facebook-to-ban-cryptocurrency-adverts","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/twitter-joins-google-facebook-to-ban-cryptocurrency-adverts\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter joins Google &amp; Facebook to ban cryptocurrency adverts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter Inc is to ban most advertising of cryptocurrencies on its platform, joining Facebook and Google in a clampdown on the nascent industry, the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The San Francisco-based firm will this week launch a policy that prohibits advertising of initial coin offerings (ICOs), a form of crowd-funding used to raise cash by creating new coins.<\/p>\n<p>Also included are adverts that promote token sales and crypto wallet services, the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The policy will also ban adverts from crypto-exchanges, with some limited exceptions.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter said this month it was taking measures to prevent crypto-related accounts from \u201cengaging with others in a deceptive manner\u2019\u2019, but it has faced calls to go further after bans by Facebook and Google.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook restricted crypto-related adverts in February, while Google announced a ban on March 14 that comes into force in June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter Inc is to ban most advertising of cryptocurrencies on its platform, joining Facebook and Google in a clampdown on the nascent industry, the company said in a statement. 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