Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey admitted on Wednesday that the company did an “unacceptable” job of explaining why the platform started blocking users from sharing the link to a widely questioned and dubiously sourced New York Post story about Hunter Biden.
“Our communication around our actions on the @nypost article was not great. And blocking URL sharing via tweet or DM with zero context as to why we’re blocking: unacceptable,” Dorsey tweeted.
In a thread shared on the Twitter Safety account, Twitter said the story violated company rules because it contained images that featured “personal and private information — like email addresses and phone numbers” and contained material in violation of its hacked materials policy, which prohibits the distribution of content “obtained through hacking that contains private information, may put people in physical harm or danger, or contains trade secrets.”