BREAKING: Musk officially bans links to list of competing social media
platforms, or even mentions of addresess/handles on those platforms
The EU is gonna love this one.
https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/social-platforms-policy
Promotion of alternative social platforms policy
December 2022
Twitter is where the public conversation is happening, and where
people from all over the globe come to promote their businesses, art,
ideas, and more. 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.
What is a violation of this policy?
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:
Prohibited platforms:
Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Post and Nostr
3rd-party social media link aggregators such as linktr.ee, lnk.bio
Examples:
"follow me @username on Instagram"
"[email protected]"
"check out my profile on Facebook - facebook.com/username"
Accounts that are used for the main purpose of promoting content on
another social platform may be suspended. Additionally, any attempts
to bypass restrictions on external links to the above prohibited
social media platforms through technical or non-technical means (e.g.
URL cloaking, plaintext obfuscation) is in violation of this policy.
This includes, but is not limited to, spelling out "dot" for social
media platforms that use "." in the names to avoid URL creation, or
sharing screenshots of your handle on a prohibited social media
platform. Example: "instagram dot com/username"
What is not a violation of this policy?
We recognize that certain social media platforms provide alternative
experiences to Twitter, and allow users to post content to Twitter
from these platforms. In general, any type of cross-posting to our
platform is not in violation of this policy, even from the prohibited
sites listed above.
Additionally, we allow paid advertisement/promotion for any of the
prohibited social media platforms.
What happens if you violate this policy?
Tweet deletion and temporary account locks
If violations of this policy are an isolated incident or first
offense, we may take a number of actions ranging from requiring
deletion of one or more Tweets to temporarily locking account(s). Any
subsequent offenses will result in permanent suspension. Temporary
suspension
If violations of this policy are included in your bio and/or account
name, we will temporarily suspend your account and require changes to
your profile to no longer be in violation. Subsequent violations may
result in permanent suspension. If you believe that your account was
locked or suspended in error, you can submit an appeal.
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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
[email protected] (https://www.vortex.com/lauren)
Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein
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Founder: Network Neutrality Squad: https://www.nnsquad.org
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Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility
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