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The video posted by the @TeamTrump account referred to a Wednesday New York Post story that contained alleged details of Hunter Biden’s business dealings with a Ukrainian energy company and said the former vice president had met with a company adviser. .
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Twitter Inc temporarily restricted U.S. President Donald Trump’s election campaign account from tweeting on Thursday, saying a video from the account about the son of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden violated its rules.
The video posted by the @TeamTrump account referred to a Wednesday New York Post story that contained alleged details of Hunter Biden’s business dealings with a Ukrainian energy company and said the former vice president had met with a company adviser. .
“Joe Biden is a liar who has been cheating our country for years,” the video was captioned.
Twitter said the video violated its rules against posting private information, adding that the account may need to remove the post to continue tweeting.
“It will all end in high demand and there are things that can happen that are very serious and that I would rather not see happen, but it will probably have to happen,” Trump said, when asked by Twitter about the measure. .
Twitter said Wednesday that the Post’s story violated its “pirated materials” policy, which prohibits the distribution of pirated content that contains private information or trade secrets, or puts people at risk of physical harm.
Facebook Inc and Twitter took proactive steps Wednesday to restrict the spread of the Post’s story in the hours after it was posted.
Twitter had imposed similar restrictions on the account of White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday after she shared the Post’s story.
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