Meta
is
restricting
links
on
Threads,
Instagram,
and
Facebook
that
lead
to
Ken
Klippenstein’s
newsletter
containing
a
JD
Vance
dossier
that
was
allegedly
nabbed
in
an
Iranian
hack
of
the
Trump
campaign.
The
company
has
apparently
removed
posts
containing
the
link
and
is
seemingly
blocking
links
to
PDFs
of
the
dossier
being
hosted
elsewhere.
Meta
spokesperson
Dave
Arnold
emailed
Meta’s
statement
to
The
Verge:
“Our
policies
do
not
allow
content
from
hacked
sources
or
content
leaked
as
part
of
a
foreign
government
operation
to
influence
US
elections.
We
will
be
blocking
such
materials
from
being
shared
on
our
apps
under
our
Community
Standards.”
A
Meta
page
on
privacy
violations
forbids
users
from
sharing
details
“obtained
from
hacked
sources,”
as
well
as
“material
that
purports
to
reveal
nonpublic
information
relevant
to
an
election
shared
as
part
of
a
foreign
government
influence
operation.”
People
on
Threads
have
reported
that
Meta
removed
their
posts
containing
the
link.
Meta
also
appears
to
be
disabling
links
to
the
document
hosted
elsewhere,
such
as
the
below
post
with
a
Scribd
link,
or
another
one
purporting
to
link
to
the
PDF
on
a
Google
Drive.
Many
Threads
posts
instead
contain
links
to
a
Google
search
for
Klippenstein’s
Substack
article
or
posting
the
direct
link,
with
random
spaces,
words
in
place
of
punctuation,
or
even
QR
codes.
Meta
doesn’t
appear
to
be
blocking
posts
about
or
searches
for
the
dossier.
X
has
also
been
blocking
links
to
the
story,
and
other
social
media
users
reported
being
unable
to
share
the
document
via
their
Google
Drive
accounts
(although
I
was
able
to
share
it,
at
least
between
two
of
my
personal
accounts).
Neither
company
responded
to
our
requests
for
comment
by
press
time.
We’ve
also
asked
Box,
Apple,
Dropbox,
and
Microsoft
whether
they’re
restricting
the
document,
but
none
replied
before
we
published
this
story.
(Originally posted by Wes Davis)
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