NPR: Facebook and Twitter Limit the New York Post Story (2020)

News Report · Shannon Bond, NPR · October 14, 2020

NPR, October 14, 2020: Facebook cut the New York Post story's reach while awaiting fact checks, and Twitter blocked links and images under its hacked-materials and private-information rules. It quotes Jack Dorsey calling the lack of explanation unacceptable. Facebook limited the story but did not remove it.

Twitter went further. It is blocking users from posting pictures of the emails or links to two of the New York Post's stories referring to them, spokesman Trenton Kennedy said, citing its rules against sharing “content obtained through hacking that contains private information.

NPR, October 14, 2020: Facebook cut the New York Post story's reach while awaiting fact checks, and Twitter blocked links and images under its hacked-materials and private-information rules. It quotes Jack Dorsey calling the lack of explanation unacceptable. Facebook limited the story but did not remove it.

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