Twitter announces ban on users promoting rival social media platforms | The Times of Israel

SAN FRANCISCO, California — Twitter announced Sunday that it would no longer allow users to promote their accounts from a host of other social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram — the latest policy change by the company under its controversial new owner Elon Musk. The move — which also affects Mastodon, Post, and Truth Social, as well as third-party social media link aggregators such as linktr.ee and ink.bio — comes after users started encouraging their followers to view their posts elsewhere, given the sea changes at Twitter. “Going forward, Twitter will no longer allow free promotion of specific social media platforms,” it said in a statement. “At both the Tweet level and the account level, we will remove any free promotion of prohibited 3rd-party social media platforms, such as linking out (i.e., using URLs) to any of the below platforms on Twitter, or providing your handle without a URL,” the company explained. Users would thus be barred, for example, from posting “Follow me @username on Instagram,” Twitter said. Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories By signing up, you agree to the terms First-time violators will face actions “ranging from requiring
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