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Twitter revises policy on posting hacked materials after Hunter Biden story – Source CNET Internet News

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Twitter has revised its policy on posting of hacked materials.


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Twitter late Thursday announced a revamped policy on the posting of content acquired through a hack, a day after the social network came under fire for limiting the reach of a New York Post article on Joe Biden’s son because it was based on hacked materials.

The Post’s story was based on emails purportedly obtained from a laptop Hunter Biden left in a Delaware repair shop in 2019, but Twitter limited the article’s reach, citing a policy against distributing hacked materials. The move led to accusations of censorship by Twitter.

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