Twitter abruptly bans all links to Instagram, Mastodon, and other competitors
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#66ZD4)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Update December 19th, 2:45AM ET: Twitter has deleted @TwitterSafety's tweets and a webpage detailing its new policy after Elon Musk apologized and said major policy changes would be put to a vote. The story that follows reflects the policy as of Sunday evening.
Twitter will no longer allow users to promote their presence on certain social platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr, and Post. In a post outlining these changes, Twitter says it will take action against users that violate this policy at both the Tweet level and the account level."
This means users can no longer include links to their profiles on other social networks in their Twitter bio, nor can they send out tweets directing users to...