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Twitter no longer seems to be following its “hacked materials distribution policy” when it comes to the recent hacking GiveSendGo identifying information about donors who transferred money Canadian Convoy of Freedom.
Media representatives on both sides of the US-Canadian border shared their names and told how much money they had contributed to truckers protesting Canada’s mandate for vaccines, due to a recent hacking of data on a crowdfunding website.
“So here’s a list of GiveSendGo donors,” Dean Blandell, a Canadian radio operator, tweeted with an article that included a Google spreadsheet with all the names and email addresses closed as a result of the violation.
Both the CBC and Ottawa Citizen shared articles, including information that emerged as a result of the violation.
Washington Post investigative journalist Aaron Davis has written a long topic identifying the largest donor and a map showing where donations came from in the United States.
Protesters dance at the Canadian Parliament building on the 19th day of the Freedom Convoy
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Twitter outlines a policy of hacked materials being distributed on its platform.
“We do not tolerate attempts to compromise or infiltrate computer systems. Therefore, we do not allow our services to be used to directly distribute content obtained by hacking by people or groups associated with hacking,” the policy said on Twitter. website. “In addition, we may tag tweets that contain or link to hacked materials to help people understand the authenticity or source of those materials and provide additional context.”
Twitter defines “hacking” as “intrusion into or access to a computer, network, or electronic device that has been unauthorized or in excess of permitted access,” and “hacked material” as “information obtained through hacking. Information does not have to be personally identifiable information to qualify as hacked material under this policy. ”
“The distribution of materials includes: posting hacked content on Twitter (for example, in a tweet text or image) and posting tweets that include links to hacked content posted on other sites,” Twitter writes.
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However, the “hacked materials” policy section of Twitter also outlines that “is not a violation”.
“We recognize that the source of the leaks could be the basis for important news reports to bring our agencies and executives to justice,” Twitter wrote. “We therefore adhere to their editorial views when publishing these materials and believe that our responsibility is to provide additional context that will be useful to clarify the conversation taking place on Twitter.”
“In most cases, discussion or reporting of hacking or hacked material is indirect dissemination … In these cases, violating this policy will result in a tag or warning, rather than deleting tweets from Twitter,” the policy said.
The policy, published in October 2020, emerged after Twitter disbanded stories about Hunter Biden’s laptop.
In October 2020, the New York Post published major reports about Hunter Biden’s laptop.
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In the last weeks of the 2020 presidential election, the New York Post published ambitious reports shedding light on Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings involving his father, then-Democratic candidate Joe Biden.
However, while media outlets promoted the false story that the content was the result of “Russian disinformation”, Twitter went on an unprecedented effort to prevent the Post’s story from spreading, claiming it stemmed from “hacked material” that was false.
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The technology giant has banned anyone from posting articles on Twitter or sharing them privately via live messages. Twitter even blocked the Post account and told the agency it could only be unblocked if it deleted its tweets advertising its report. Mail refused.
Later, then-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey suggested mea culpa, admitting it was a mistake. But critics say the apology was too small, too late, as it helped Joe Biden, who eventually won the 2020 election a few days later.
Jack Dorsey, creator, co-founder and former CEO of Twitter.
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Twitter does not yet include any tags in tweets that report hacked information to GiveSendGo, as its hacking policy claims it will.
Fox News has approached Twitter with inquiries regarding its policies. Twitter did not respond immediately.
