The business that manages social media platforms claims that Klippenstein published the personal details of the Republican candidate.
The account of journalist Ken Klippenstein was suspended earlier this afternoon by X. According to the statement made on the Safety account of X, the temporary suspension was granted “for violating our rules on posting unredacted private personal information, specifically Sen. [J.D.] Vance’s physical address and the majority of his social security number.” Therefore, the suspension was issued.
The vetting dossier on the Republican vice presidential candidate that was released by hackers was acquired by a number of news sites, but they decided not to publish the sensitive document because it contained personal information. Due to the fact that Klippenstein believed the dossier to be noteworthy, he made the decision to publish it on Substack as well as his social media channels. Unfortunately, one of his accounts was deleted.
Klippenstein’s copy of the paper contains all of the information that was referenced by X’s Safety team, with the exception of the final four numbers of Vance’s social security number. newtechmania has seen the dossier and can confirm that all of the information is present and has not been redacted.
When asked about his choice to reveal Sen. Vance’s dossier on his Substack, Klippenstein said that he was going against the trend of the media. Several times, the campaign of President Trump has accused the Iranian government of hacking into its data and leaking the dossier back in June. This accusation has been made on multiple occasions. “in fear of finding itself at odds with the [US] government’s campaign against ‘foreign malign influence,'” Klippenstein says, referring to the organization of the National Counterterrorism Center with the same name that seeks to prevent interference in elections. Other news outlets made the decision not to release the document, but Klippenstein believes that they declined to do so.
Klippenstein continued by saying, “I disagree.” In light of the fact that the dossier has been presented to me, I have made the decision to publish it since it is of significant public interest during the voting season.
Klippenstein’s account is not the only one that is going to be suspended. Anyone who attempts to submit the dossier will be automatically prevented from doing so since X has flagged the link to the document. Those individuals who are able to receive a notice from X that states, “We are unable to fulfill this request due to the fact that this link has been identified by X or our stakeholders as being potentially harmful.”
Following the blocking of reports concerning Hunter Biden’s laptop in the year 2020, X (which was then known as Twitter) revised its policy about “hacked materials.” The company stated that it would permit stories about hacked materials, but it would not permit links to the data if it was published by the hacker or someone working “in concert” with themselves.
As at 1:55 p.m. Eastern Time on September 27, 2024: According to a report from the Washington Post, Meta will also prevent the dissemination of the newsletter that would otherwise contain Vance’s personal information. In response to the Post’s inquiry, the business stated that the dissemination of the dossier was in violation of its regulations regarding hacked materials and foreign interference.