16 October 2020

From TechDirt: Twitter Change in Post Censorship Policy After Trumpist Meltdown On Sketchy NY Post - Rudy Giuiliani Hacking

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Media Confidential: Twitter Changes Policy That Blocked NYPost Story

Twitter Fixes Its Bad Policy On Blocking 'Hacked' Documents

from the good-to-see dept

As we have discussed in the past this policy was already quite controversial, out of fear that it would be used to block reporting on leaked documents.

Late last night, Twitter announced that after hearing those concerns, they were changing the policy. . .

 

As the new announcement notes, the policy against linking to private information or manipulated media remain in place -- suggesting that this won't actually change the ability to link to that NY Post article. But it does fix the hamfisted nature of that policy.

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