Twitter will no longer allow users to promote or link to at least seven major social media sites, the platform announced.
, adding that it will also seek to remove users who try to circumvent the rules by spelling out “dot” and sharing screenshots of their handles on prohibited platforms, among other means.
The policy marks the most significant change to Twitter under Musk and is among the most expansive of any social media platforms’ policies in how it limits what users can post. Other social media companies have few, if any, rules about users’ posting links to their accounts on other platforms. Twitter announced the change during the finale of the World Cup, which Musk attended and tweeted from. He wasThe new rules add to what has been a particularly chaotic stretch for the company and its new owner, with Twitter havingover the past few days after a sudden rule change that targeted the dissemination about the flights of private jets.
First-time violators of the new rule may be required to delete tweets or may have their accounts locked, and"any subsequent offenses will result in permanent suspension," the platform said. Users who violate the policy by linking or mentioning other social media accounts in their bio or account name will have their account temporarily suspended and will be required to remove the mentions to be reinstated.
The new rule will still allow users to cross-post content from other sites, as well as links or usernames to social media sites that are not subject to the ban, the company
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