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Threads joins X in blocking posts to apparently leaked documents about JD Vance

Threads is blocking links to purportedly leaked documents about vice presidential candidate JD Vance. Elon Musk's X blocked links earlier this week.

Threads is following X's lead, blocking links to purportedly leaked documents about vice presidential candidate JD Vance. The FBI and other intelligence agencies last month warned that Iran-backed hackers had sought to access information from the Trump campaign. In a follow-up article, Klippenstein pointed out what he said was the irony of X suspending his account since the throttling of the Hunter Biden laptop story is something Elon Musk seized on as an example of the old Twitter limiting the free exchange of ideas on the platform — something the new owner has aimed to change.

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