Twitter users will no longer be able to post “links” to competing social networks, such as Facebook or Instagram, Elon Musk’s platform announced this Sunday, once again embroiled in controversy after the suspension of journalists’ accounts.
“Twitter no longer allows the free promotion of certain social networks on Twitter,” the platform said in a statement, indicating that Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Post and Nostr will be affected.
This change is announced the same day that a journalist from The Washington Post reported that her Twitter account had been suspended.
“Elon Musk suspended my Twitter account,” wrote Taylor Lorenz, who follows technology industry news for the American newspaper.
The billionaire owner of the platform responded publicly on Twitter that it is a “temporary suspension for prior disclosure of personal data by this account”, and that this measure “will be lifted soon.”
Taylor Lorenz explained that he asked Elon Musk a question via Twitter, for an article he is writing, because he was unable to contact him through traditional channels.
“My colleague Drew Harwell, who has also been suspended, and I are working on a story involving Musk and we look forward to hearing his comments. We have tried to contact him several times by email in the last few days,” the journalist said. he said.
Earlier this week, Elon Musk suspended the Twitter accounts of several journalists, whom he accused of putting his family at risk by posting his location.
The new owner of Twitter said on Saturday that he would reinstate the accounts of American journalists on the social network after a wave of criticism following the suspension.
On Friday, the European Union (EU) threatened Musk with sanctions, while the UN denounced the suspension as “a dangerous precedent.”
Source: TSF
