On Wednesday, the newspaper published an article containing allegations about the Democratic presidential nominee and his son Hunter, which it sourced from emails retrieved from a laptop left at a Delaware repair shop. The story “is eligible to be fact checked by Facebook’s third-party fact checking partners,” tweeted policy communications manager Andy Stone, adding that distribution would be limited until that was complete, per the platform’s “standard process to reduce the spread of misinformation.” Twitter users also reported being unable to post a link to the story, with a pop-up stating it had been identified by the firm or its partners “as being potentially harmful.” (The Logic)

Talking point: Other publications have questioned the involvement of Donald Trump advisor Rudy Giuliani—who has tried to induce the Ukrainian government to investigate the Bidens over a debunked conspiracy theory—in the Post story. The president’s re-election campaign and Republican elected officials claimed censorship. For its part, Twitter cited a policy against posting hacked materials. Limiting access to the story is consistent with the platforms’ stated commitments to limiting election-related disinformation, but making the decision proactively could feed liability-policy conversations as to whether they’re publishers or pipes.