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Twitter unblocks New York Post amid another policy change
- Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) has unblocked the account on its service held by
the *New York Post,* following another policy change.
- The social-media service had blocked the *Post* during a brouhaha over
a story the paper published on Hunter Biden, and related tweets that ran
afoul of Twitter's policies on hacked materials and including personal
information.
- And it later loosened its Hacked Materials Policy but continued to bar
the Post from tweeting for including personal information - and then
allowed the story to be shared again once that information leaked out
through multiple avenues.
- It's also had a prior policy not to retroactively overturn past
enforcement actions, which meant that though Twitter had loosened its
Hacked Materials Policy, the *Post* was still restricted from tweeting.
- No longer - because the company decided that it could overturn its
decision, since the specific *Post* enforcement led to the Hacked
Materials charge in the first place.
- "Our policies are living documents," the company said minutes ago.
"We're willing to update and adjust them when we encounter new scenarios
or
receive important feedback from the public. One such example is the
recent
change to our Hacked Materials Policy and its impact on accounts like
the *New
York Post."*
- "In response, we're updating our practice of not retroactively
overturning prior enforcement," it continues. "Decisions made under
policies that are subsequently changed & published can now be appealed if
the account at issue is a driver of that change. We believe this is fair
and appropriate."
- After hours: TWTR+0.5%.
- *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, 6:23 PM|13 Comments
Twitter unblocks New York Post amid another policy change
- Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) has unblocked the account on its service held by
the *New York Post,* following another policy change.
- The social-media service had blocked the *Post* during a brouhaha over
a story the paper published on Hunter Biden, and related tweets that ran
afoul of Twitter's policies on hacked materials and including personal
information.
- And it later loosened its Hacked Materials Policy but continued to bar
the Post from tweeting for including personal information - and then
allowed the story to be shared again once that information leaked out
through multiple avenues.
- It's also had a prior policy not to retroactively overturn past
enforcement actions, which meant that though Twitter had loosened its
Hacked Materials Policy, the *Post* was still restricted from tweeting.
- No longer - because the company decided that it could overturn its
decision, since the specific *Post* enforcement led to the Hacked
Materials charge in the first place.
- "Our policies are living documents," the company said minutes ago.
"We're willing to update and adjust them when we encounter new scenarios
or
receive important feedback from the public. One such example is the
recent
change to our Hacked Materials Policy and its impact on accounts like
the *New
York Post."*
- "In response, we're updating our practice of not retroactively
overturning prior enforcement," it continues. "Decisions made under
policies that are subsequently changed & published can now be appealed if
the account at issue is a driver of that change. We believe this is fair
and appropriate."
- After hours: TWTR+0.5%.
- *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, 6:23 PM|13 Comments
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