Social networking service Twitter on Monday (Aug 20) said it would no longer accept advertising from state-controlled news media. Twitter said in a statement that this measure would be a “global approach” and will be enforced across its "entire business". Affected accounts will be free to continue using the platform to engage in public conversation, but will not be allowed to use Twitter's advertising products, the microblogging platform said. The policy will apply to news media entities that are either financially or editorially controlled by the state, it added. Policy determinations will be made on the basis of ... (full story)