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Facebook and Twitter vs. the New York Post

Recode Daily

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Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Last week, Facebook and Twitter took the unprecedented step of moderating an article from a mainstream paper. Recode's Shirin Ghaffary explains how their decision inspired a backlash among conservatives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Late last week, Facebook and Twitter took extraordinary steps to stop the

0:47.3

spread of a news story across their platforms. But this piece wasn't from a

0:52.1

bot or a fake news site. It was actually from the New York

0:55.4

Post, a mainstream conservative tabloid.

0:59.0

Shringofara has been following this story for RICO.

1:01.1

Hey, Sharon.

1:02.1

Hey Teddy.

1:03.0

So what did this New York Post story say

1:05.9

generated a lot of buzz early on Wednesday?

1:09.8

Well, the heart of it is basically the claim that Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden promised a Ukrainian

1:19.2

business executive that he would be able to meet his father who was then vice president Joe Biden.

1:26.4

And this article purports to have emails from Hunter Biden showing that he allegedly was trying to leverage his dad's political

1:36.2

connections to help his business dealings in Ukraine. These emails haven't

1:40.6

been verified but the post published them anyway and you know a lot of people

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