Twitter appears to backtrack on blocking New York Post article Reuters Staff (Reuters) - Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) on Friday appeared to backtra

Twitter appears to backtrack on blocking New York Post article
Reuters Staff

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on Friday appeared to backtrack on its decision to block links to a New York Post article about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's son, despite reaffirming the ban late on Thursday.

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Republicans who had decried Twitter’s earlier actions posted the story freely on the site. “You can now share the bombshell story Big Tech didn’t want you to see,” Arizona Representative Paul Gosar tweeted on Friday morning.
Twitter declined to comment.
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The company’s policy chief Vijaya Gadde said Thursday night that Twitter had decided to make changes to its hacked materials policy following feedback, but a spokesman told Reuters that the New York Post story would still be blocked for “violating the rules on private personal information.”