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X blocks links to hacked JD Vance dossier

First as tragedy, then as farce.

X is preventing users from posting links to a newsletter containing a hacked document that’s alleged to be the Trump campaign’s research into vice presidential candidate JD Vance. “Ken Klippenstein has been banned by Twitter for publishing private information in contradiction of its rules,” wrote KlipNews, the X account for the newsletter. But in October 2020, Twitter changed its policy to say that it would no longer block hacked materials, after an outcry about how the company had handled the Post story.

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