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Meta blocks links to the hacked JD Vance dossier on Threads, Instagram, and Facebook

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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…

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