Twitter has changed its hacked materials policy, with CEO Jack Dorsey on Friday saying its prior standards, which led to the censorship of a New York Post story on Hunter Biden, Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s son, were “wrong.”
Moving forward, Twitter will not block content that may contained hacked content unless it’s being directly shared by hackers or people “acting in concert with them,” Twitter policy executive Vijaya Gadde tweeted late on Thursday. The platform will also add warning labels to “provide context,” rather than blocking stories from being shared altogether.
So, what’s changing?
1. We will no longer remove hacked content unless it is directly shared by hackers or those acting in concert with them
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