Why Leaked Pentagon Documents Are Still Circulating on Social Media

April 09, 2023

Twitter and the social media platform Discord have various policies that might have prompted them to remove the leaked Pentagon documents that Biden administration officials say revealed key information about U.S. intelligence gathering operations. On Discord, a messaging platform popular with video game players, the Pentagon documents may have been circulating as early as March. Some of the Pentagon material circulating on social media may have been manipulated. It was not clear on Saturday whether the Pentagon material was hacked or intentionally leaked — the images circulating appeared to be photographs of documents. The post Why Leaked Pentagon Documents Are Still Circulating on Social Media appeared first on New York Times.