After an earlier admission that the company has prohibited the sharing of a New York Post article containing what are allegedly emails from Hunter Biden’s computer reflecting a meeting between Joe Biden and a Burisma executive back in April 2015, Twitter’s CEO says the company could have communicated their actions regarding the story better.

Our communication around our actions on the @nypost article was not great. And blocking URL sharing via tweet or DM with zero context as to why we’re blocking: unacceptable. https://t.co/v55vDVVlgt

— jack (@jack) October 14, 2020

Though Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) has asked for the Federal Elections Commission to investigate Twitter and Facebook’s actions, describing them as illegal contributions by a corporation to a candidate for federal office, Twitter didn’t back down from deeming the story’s contents as hacked material.

The images contained in the articles include personal and private information — like email addresses and phone numbers — which violate our rules.https://t.co/plPa5SZ3we

— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) October 14, 2020

Commentary on or discussion about hacked materials, such as articles that cover them but do not include or link to the materials themselves, aren’t a violation of this policy. Our policy only covers links to or images of hacked material themselves.

— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) October 14, 2020

The final tweet in Twitter Safety’s thread seems directed at Sen. Hawley.

We recognize that Twitter is just one of many places where people can find information online, and the Twitter Rules are intended to protect the conversation on our service, and to add context to people’s experience where we can.

— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) October 14, 2020

Presumably, they seriously believe that. Incredible.