Twitter to stop users linking to big social media platforms

Twitter says it volition unopen down accounts solely designed to beforehand different large societal media platforms, oregon which nexus disconnected to oregon incorporate usernames from them.

The determination affects contented from platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post, the institution said.

But cross-content posting from different sites volition inactive beryllium allowed.

It is the latest of galore changes since the billionaire Elon Musk bought Twitter.

On Saturday, Washington Post newsman Taylor Lorenz was suspended for breaking the caller regularisation earlier it had been formally announced.

After being reinstated connected Sunday she posted a nexus to the tweet she claimed got her barred.

Twitter had already blocked users from sharing immoderate links to Mastodon, the level galore Twitter users moved to aft Mr Musk's takeover.

But successful a bid of tweets connected Sunday Twitter said: "We admit that galore of our users are progressive connected different societal media platforms. However, we volition nary longer let escaped promotion of definite societal media platforms connected Twitter.

"Specifically, we volition region accounts created solely for the intent of promoting different societal platforms and contented that contains links oregon usernames for the pursuing platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post."

Examples of imaginable violations could see tweets specified arsenic "follow maine @username connected Instagram" oregon "check retired my illustration connected Facebook - facebook.com/username", it said successful a blog mounting retired the details.

Any attempts to bypass the restrictions would besides beryllium a breach, it added.

Those who interruption the rules erstwhile oregon for the archetypal clip could beryllium asked to delete the offending tweets oregon beryllium temporarily locked retired of their accounts.

But immoderate consequent offenses "will effect successful imperishable suspension", it said.

Users tin proceed to station contented to Twitter from prohibited platforms, however, and paid adverts from those sites volition inactive beryllium allowed.

There has been flurry of arguable changes astatine Twitter since Mr Musk bought the societal media tract for $44bn (£36bn) successful October.

He has fired astir fractional of its unit and attempted a chaotic rollout of Twitter's paid-for verification diagnostic earlier putting it connected pause. The diagnostic was relaunched past week.

The billionaire's attack to contented moderation has besides been criticised, with immoderate civilian liberties groups accusing him of taking steps that volition summation hatred code and misinformation.

On Friday, helium reinstated a fig of journalists helium had suspended for allegedly sharing determination information astir him aft the EU and UN called it an onslaught connected property freedom.

Reporters for the New York Times, CNN and the Washington Post were among those locked retired of their accounts.