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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. 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.” We’ve also asked Box, Apple, Dropbox, and Microsoft whether they’re restricting the document, but none replied before we published this story.

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