Several Twitter users posted screenshots showing that they were not allowed to post links to their Mastodon accounts on Thursday.
Twitter flagged links to Mastodon as “potentially harmful,” according to a number of screenshots posted by Twitter users on Thursday.on the receiving end of widespread criticism for suspending the accounts of several left-leaning journalists who have been critical of his stewardship of the social media app.
Many high-profile news personalities who anticipated being banned by Musk added their Mastodon links to their Twitter names so that they would be prominently featured.As of Friday, anyone posting links to Mastodon domains mstdn.social and mastodon.social are given a prompt that reads: “Warning: this link may be unsafe.”
Musk, who fired Twitter’s media relations department upon taking over the company, was not immediately available for comment.Several Twitter users posted screenshots showing that they were blocked from tweeting links to their Mastodon accounts.Mastodon has emerged as an alternative for left-leaning Twitter users who fear being banned by Musk.Many Twitter users put their Mastodon handles in their Twitter bios in anticipation of being banned by Musk.
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