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Twitter changes policy on hacked materials amid Biden-story flap
- Alongside withering criticism from Republicans Thursday, Twitter (NYSE:
TWTR) is changing up its policy that it applied to block distribution
Wednesday of *New York Post* stories about Hunter Biden, son of
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
- Twitter had said that it blocked the article in part because it had a
policy of not sharing what might be hacked material. But its legal
chief, Vijaya Gadde, now says that policy is too sweeping and could end
up blocking content from journalists and whistleblowers - unintended
consequences.
- So it will now allow similar content to be shared, along with a label
to provide context about the information's source.
- It's still blocking the article under the other reason it had offered
Wednesday: It violates Twitter's privacy policy by including email
addresses and other private info.
- Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), for its part, is pointing to its Wednesday
comment in explanation of its own actions on the article - which said the
article was eligible for third-party fact-checking of unverified claims
about Hunter Biden's Ukraine business.
- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey are already
headed (along with Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) chief Sundar Pichai) to the
Senate
Commerce Committee on Oct. 28, to testify about their immunity offered by
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Today, FCC Chairman Ajit
Pai said he will move forward with a rulemaking to clarify that law.
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Twitter changes policy on hacked materials amid Biden-story flap
- Alongside withering criticism from Republicans Thursday, Twitter (NYSE:
TWTR) is changing up its policy that it applied to block distribution
Wednesday of *New York Post* stories about Hunter Biden, son of
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
- Twitter had said that it blocked the article in part because it had a
policy of not sharing what might be hacked material. But its legal
chief, Vijaya Gadde, now says that policy is too sweeping and could end
up blocking content from journalists and whistleblowers - unintended
consequences.
- So it will now allow similar content to be shared, along with a label
to provide context about the information's source.
- It's still blocking the article under the other reason it had offered
Wednesday: It violates Twitter's privacy policy by including email
addresses and other private info.
- Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), for its part, is pointing to its Wednesday
comment in explanation of its own actions on the article - which said the
article was eligible for third-party fact-checking of unverified claims
about Hunter Biden's Ukraine business.
- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey are already
headed (along with Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) chief Sundar Pichai) to the
Senate
Commerce Committee on Oct. 28, to testify about their immunity offered by
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Today, FCC Chairman Ajit
Pai said he will move forward with a rulemaking to clarify that law.
- *Dear readers:* We recognize that politics often intersects with the
financial news of the day, so we invite you to click here to join the
separate
political discussion.
|Today, 12:10 AM|59 Comments
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