It’s the latest move by Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk to crack down on certain speech on the platform.
“We know that many of our users may be active on other social media platforms; however, going forward, Twitter will no longer allow free promotion of specific social media platforms on Twitter,” the company said in a statement.and upstart rivals
Twitter is also banning promotions of third-party social media link aggregators such as Linktree, which some people use to show where they can be found on different websites. Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta didn’t return requests for comment Sunday. Twitter said it will still allow “paid advertisement/promotion” from the otherwise banned platforms, as well as “cross-posting” some content originating from the banned sites.
Lorenz said she and another Post technology reporter were researching an article concerning Musk. She had tried to communicate with the billionaire but the attempts went unanswered, so she tried to contact him Saturday by posting a message on Twitter tagging Musk and requesting an interview. “I won’t say I didn’t anticipate it,” Lorenz said in a phone interview early Sunday with The Associated Press. She said she wasn’t given a specific reason for the ban.
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