X is labeling an unflattering NPR story about Donald Trump as ‘unsafe’

X is discouraging customers from viewing a hyperlink to an NPR story about Donald Trump’s current go to to Arlington Nationwide Cemetery, elevating questions on whether or not the Elon Musk-owned platform is placing its thumb on the size for the previous president.

On Thursday, NPR reporter Stephen Fowler posted a hyperlink to a narrative during which he quoted an Military official who stated that an worker at Arlington Nationwide Cemetery was “abruptly pushed apart” throughout an occasion attended by Trump and members of his marketing campaign earlier this week. The outlet had previously reported that there was a “bodily altercation” on the occasion with marketing campaign workers over federal legal guidelines barring marketing campaign actions on the cemetery.

Some customers on X who try and click on a hyperlink to the story are greeted with a warning message saying that X has deemed that “this hyperlink could also be unsafe.” It states that it may very well be malicious, violent, spammy or in any other case violate the platform’s guidelines, however doesn’t clarify why the hyperlink was flagged. Fowler posted a thread on X, every tweet of which contained a hyperlink to his story — the warning seems to have an effect on the primary two situations of the hyperlink however not others, for causes unknown. It’s extremely uncommon for such a warning to seem earlier than a hyperlink to a mainstream web site. Different hyperlinks to NPR, in addition to different protection of Trump’s go to to Arlington, don’t seem to have such a label.

Notably, Musk has been a vocal supporter of Trump this election, and not too long ago held a prolonged dwell streamed dialog with him on X. Musk has additionally publicly feuded with NPR up to now, adding a “state affiliated media” label to its account for a number of months final yr. NPR hasn’t posted from its major account on X for the reason that label was added final April.

X didn’t instantly reply to questions on its use of the label.