Mehta blocked the leaked J.D. Vance documents on the thread, Instagram, and Facebook.
According to a statement given to The Vergeposting or sharing links to hacked documents is a violation of our content policy. Meta’s policy “does not allow content from hacked sources or content leaked as part of a foreign government’s efforts to influence U.S. elections,” a spokesperson said.
Users of the thread noticed that a post containing a link to Ken Klippenstein’s Substack newsletter, which published the document, had been deleted. Links hosted on third-party sites such as Scribd or as PDFs in Google Drive are also reportedly blocked.
Instead, Threads users can now post links to dossiers in the following ways: Add spaces to URL or instructions on how to access it via Google Search.
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Mr. Krippenstein, an independent journalist, received a document from hackers allegedly part of an Iranian effort to influence the U.S. presidential election. The document includes information from Sen. J.D. Vance and former President Donald Trump’s campaign, which vetted his potential running mate.
The document appears to reveal information about Vance’s political positions on a number of issues, including raising taxes on people without children. The document also discusses Vance’s since-deleted tweets about sexual assault accusations against Trump. It also includes Vance’s personal information, including his phone number, email address, and home address.
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