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1. Twitter and Facebook announce they are limiting the distribution of the New York Post article regarding Hunter Biden until it is fact-checked.
   2020-10-15 13:00:14 (First version)
2. Twitter and Facebook announce they are limiting the distribution of the "New York Post" article regarding Hunter Biden until it is fact-checked.
   2020-10-15 13:04:48 (Update)
3. Twitter and Facebook announce they are limiting the distribution of the article until it is fact-checked.
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