Threads is following X’s lead, blocking links to purportedly leaked documents about vice presidential candidate JD Vance.
Meta says the links could come from hacked or leaked sources — and it’s blocking them because of the potential connection. The FBI and other intelligence agencies last month warned that Iran-backed hackers had sought to access information from the Trump campaign.
Purportedly hacked documents have been floating around various media outlets ever since, and while the existence of these documents has been reported, almost all outlets have refused to publish the details due to the potentially illicit way they were obtained.
Threads doesn’t really have a track record when it comes to things like this, so I don’t blame them for enforcing their terms and conditions. The difference here is that Twitter has allowed such things to be posted time and time again but won’t allow it in this specific case. It’s selective enforcement.
Maybe Threads doesn’t, what about Meta?
I’m not too sure, maybe this is Zucks first pivot after that warning from Trump.