{"id":125856,"date":"2021-02-12T15:30:45","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T20:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125856"},"modified":"2021-02-12T15:42:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T20:42:25","slug":"lincoln-projects-tweets-of-private-dms-not-a-violation-twitter-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lincoln-projects-tweets-of-private-dms-not-a-violation-twitter-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Lincoln Project\u2019s Tweets of Private DMs Not a Violation, Twitter Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flincoln-projects-tweets-of-private-dms-not-a-violation-twitter-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125856&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1229304605_736x514.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Twitter says the Lincoln Project did not violate its policy on publishing hacked materials when it posted screenshots of private messages between a reporter and a former employee, raising questions about the consistency of the rules\u2019 application.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is unclear how the Lincoln Project gained access to the private messages of cofounder Jennifer Horn. &#8220;Hey @Twitter @jack @TwitterSupport I did not give consent,&#8221; she tweeted early Friday morning. Horn said she had not had a Lincoln Project-issued phone or laptop, making it unlikely that her passwords were stored on a Lincoln Project device.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Latest News<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/lincoln-projects-tweets-of-private-dms-not-a-violation-twitter-says\/\"><strong>Lincoln Project\u2019s Tweets of Private DMs Not a Violation, Twitter Says<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/tim-tebow-continues-to-build-bond-with-israel\/\"><strong>Tim Tebow Strengthens Bond With Israel With Charity Event<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/south-carolina-to-become-latest-state-to-pass-heartbeat-bill\/\"><strong>South Carolina to Become Latest State to Pass Heartbeat Bill<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The thread, which was deleted on Thursday night, captured screenshots of a conversation between Horn and Amanda Becker, a reporter for the <em>19th News<\/em>. In the screenshots, Becker asks Horn about her willingness to speak critically on background about the project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Twitter\u2019s &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/help.twitter.com\/en\/rules-and-policies\/hacked-materials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Distribution of hacked materials policy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8221; states that &#8220;posting hacked content on Twitter (e.g., in the text of a Tweet, or in an image)&#8221; is a violation of the policy. A Twitter spokesman<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yashar\/status\/1360258506805284864?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">told<\/span><\/a> <em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New York<\/span><\/em> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">magazine contributor Yashar Ali that the Lincoln Project thread did not constitute a violation of the hacked materials policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In October, Twitter faced widespread criticism for limiting the reach of a<\/span> <em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New York Post<\/span><\/em> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">article on Hunter Biden that it claimed was based on hacked materials. Twitter later announced it would change its policy to no longer remove posts with hacked materials unless the posts were being shared by the hackers or others working with them. In a deleted tweet, Lincoln Project cofounder Rick Wilson<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redsteeze\/status\/1360088986287366148?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, &#8220;Abe hears things&#8221; and quoted the project\u2019s thread exposing the private messages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before deleting the thread, the Lincoln Project wrote &#8220;Bias?&#8221; and tagged several media reporters including CNN\u2019s Brian Stelter and Oliver Darcy, and<\/span> <em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New York Times<\/span><\/em> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">media columnist Ben Smith, in an apparent attempt to have the request for comment covered as a story about inappropriate journalistic tactics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Thursday, Twitter permanently suspended the account of guerrilla journalist James O\u2019Keefe,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/twitter-suspended-project-veritas-locked-james-okeefe-account\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">citing<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">violations of its private information policy. The previous week,<\/span> <em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New York Times<\/span><\/em> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones faced no consequence for<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yashar\/status\/1360258506805284864?s=20\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">publishing<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a<\/span> <em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Free Beacon<\/span><\/em> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">journalist\u2019s phone number. Critics claim the incidents highlight an inconsistent content moderation approach that targets conservatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Twitter representative did not reply to a request for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter says the Lincoln Project did not violate its policy on publishing hacked materials when it posted screenshots of private messages between a reporter and a former employee, raising questions &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893320,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4145,4070,6508,6568,4253,6569],"class_list":["post-125856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-lincoln","tag-private","tag-projects","tag-tweets","tag-twitter","tag-violation"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}