Facebook, Twitter censor NY Post Hunter Biden bombshell

Facebook and Twitter have been heavily criticised after they censored a NY Post article that reported emails showing Hunter Biden allegedly helped set up a meeting between his father and an adviser to a Ukrainian energy company.

The social media giants have advised they are limiting the distribution of the story on their platforms until a third party contractor can "fact check" the article.

Twitter has apologised for confusion surrounding its decision to lock White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany.

Twitter said it temporarily shut her account not because she shared the story, but because the screenshot contained an email address

"Our communication around our actions on the New York Post article was not great. And blocking URL sharing via tweet or DM with zero context as to why we’re blocking: unacceptable," Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said.

The Biden campaign dismissed the allegations and said there was no record of a meeting between the former vice president and anyone from Burisma during the timeframe cited in the NY Post article.

The tech giants decision to censor the story has prompted calls for the repeal of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which shields online platforms from being held liable for what their users publish on their platforms.

Section 230 also contains a provision that leaves it entirely in the hands of social media companies to take down content it deems to be offensive or deceptive.

Mr Biden is in favour of Section 230 being amended, while President Trump said it should be scrapped since social media platforms use it as an excuse to censor conservatives content online.

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