https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xw73zj/twitter-bans-kaspersky-ads > The fallout for Kaspersky continues. Friday, the cybersecurity firm announced that, in January, Twitter banned Kaspersky from running adverts on the social network. Twitter confirmed the move in a statement to Motherboard. > The news is the latest roadblock for Kaspersky, which has faced US office closures, customers switching products, and scrutiny of its relationship with the Russian government after intelligence agencies said the company’s software was being used for espionage purposes. In 2017, the Department of Homeland Security issued a directive banning the use of Kaspersky products on US government systems.