The X is blocking the link to an independent journalist's newsletter, publishing an alleged dosier used to investigate JD Vance, which is considered part of it. Iranian government hack Trump campaign.
The social media platform formerly known as Twitter — now owned by billionaire Elon Musk — also suspended newsletter reporter Ken Klippenstein.
Now, when users enter a newsletter link into X's search bar, an error flag tells them to “try searching something else.”
When users try to post a link, an error occurs: “We can't fulfill this request because this link has been deemed potentially harmful by X or our partners. Learn more at our Help Center Go.”
News outlets – including the New York Times, Washington Post, Popular Information and Semaphore – have refused to publish the hacked dossier and sat on the papers for months.
But in a message trying to persuade new readers to subscribe to his newsletter, Klippenstein wrote: “We publish what others won't.”
According to LinkedIn, Klippenstein — a political reporter who previously worked at The Intercept, The Nation and The Daily Beast — said a source named “Robert” presented him with the 271-page document via email.
Media outlets that declined to publish The alleged Vance report states that he was also contacted by “Robert”.
“The reporter was “temporarily suspended” from X for violating our rules on posting unpublished private information,” X said in a post on its security account.
The document appears to include Vance's name, address and part of his Social Security number.
X did not immediately respond to requests for further comment.
Klippenstein's newsletter confirmed that the reporter was banned for “publishing private information contrary to its rules”, Klippnews wrote in a post on Ax.
First Musk bought the social media giant in 2019Twitter banned posting or linking to the hacked content.
When The Post reported on the contents of Hunter Biden's discarded laptop in 2020, the social media platform blocked users from accessing the information. Twitter Banned links to The Post storyCiting its policy on hacked content.
But Twitter later changed that policy after facing backlash for silencing the story — and Musk supported the decision.
“Suspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a true story was clearly incredibly inappropriate,” Musk said in a post on X in April 2022,
Klippenstein's newsletter defended its decision to link to its article on X – which then linked to the hacked document.
ClipNews wrote in a post on X, it criticized other media outlets for not doing so and accused them of playing the role of the government by deciding “what the public should and should not see”.
“In publishing the so-called 'private information', no act of 'doxxing' was committed,” ClipNews said on X.
“There was no malicious intent and the theory is that by removing anything, Ken Klippenstein would confirm the government's claim that completely unclassified information should be routinely hidden from the public.”
