Article content continuedAt one point, the hashtag #TwitterCensorship was trending on the service. Facebook said it was diminishing the Post story’s reach while it was fact-checked. Twitter blocked some people from sharing links to the story, and those who clicked on links that were shared were blocked from visiting the New York Post website. A Twitter spokesman said the Post story would still be blocked on the platform despite the new policy because it contained people’s personal information, such as email addresses. Dorsey said Friday that Twitter’s “straight blocking of URLs was wrong.

Source: National Post October 16, 2020 16:07 UTC