{"id":1779483,"date":"2022-12-18T16:17:58","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T21:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1779483"},"modified":"2022-12-18T18:38:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T23:38:14","slug":"twitter-faces-backlash-over-new-policy-banning-users-from-promoting-their-other-social-media-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-faces-backlash-over-new-policy-banning-users-from-promoting-their-other-social-media-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Faces Backlash Over New Policy Banning Users From Promoting Their Other Social Media Accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwitter-faces-backlash-over-new-policy-banning-users-from-promoting-their-other-social-media-accounts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1779483&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/twitter\">Twitter<\/a> CEO Elon Musk faced backlash Sunday after the platform rolled out a new policy that bans users from promoting their other social media accounts on different platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The move by the company comes as Musk has faced some criticism for temporarily suspending several left-wing journalists last week for engaging in doxxing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recognize that many of our users are active on other social media platforms. However, we will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter,\u201d the company said in a statement. \u201cSpecifically, we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames for the following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Specifically, we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames for the following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterSupport\/status\/1604531265419591681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterSupport\/status\/1604531265419591681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<p>The company said that it would \u201cremove any free promotion of prohibited 3rd-party social media platforms, such as linking out (i.e. using URLs) \u2026 or providing your handle without a URL\u201d to the aforementioned platforms or to \u201c3rd-party social media link aggregators such as linktr.ee, lnk.bio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdditionally, 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,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cThis includes, but is not limited to, spelling out \u2018dot\u2019 for social media platforms that use \u2018.\u2019 in the names to avoid URL creation, or sharing screenshots of your handle on a prohibited social media platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement said that cross-posting from other platforms is not in violation of the policy, including from the sites that were listed. The company said that it would allow people to pay to promote their social media accounts on other platforms.<\/p>\n<p>If a user violates the rules, Twitter will require that they delete the tweet(s) that violates the policy and they may temporarily suspend the account. If subsequent violations occur the account will be permanently banned.<\/p>\n<p>The reaction to the news was overwhelmingly negative online with some noting that the timing of the release during the World Cup indicating that the company knew that the policy would not be well received thus they tried to bury it.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Certainly not in line with \u201cfree speech absolutism\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hUPvPjYV1H\">https:\/\/t.co\/hUPvPjYV1H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LevineJonathan\/status\/1604550786880622594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Certainly not in line with \u201cfree speech absolutism\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hUPvPjYV1H\">https:\/\/t.co\/hUPvPjYV1H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LevineJonathan\/status\/1604550786880622594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Interesting how Elon Musk is blocking Donald Trump\u2019s social network but not Xi Jinping\u2019s social network. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iCCQ4y3CQt\">https:\/\/t.co\/iCCQ4y3CQt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthewstoller\/status\/1604542548235657216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Interesting how Elon Musk is blocking Donald Trump\u2019s social network but not Xi Jinping\u2019s social network. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iCCQ4y3CQt\">https:\/\/t.co\/iCCQ4y3CQt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthewstoller\/status\/1604542548235657216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qst\">Lol <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KE1CblhsFb\">https:\/\/t.co\/KE1CblhsFb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redsteeze\/status\/1604533634458783745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qst\" dir=\"ltr\">Lol <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KE1CblhsFb\">https:\/\/t.co\/KE1CblhsFb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redsteeze\/status\/1604533634458783745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;Don&#8217;t forget you&#8217;re here forever&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Twitter was broken before, Twitter is still broken, Elon has some really bad policies<\/p>\n<p>But you know what?<\/p>\n<p>The fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oliverdarcy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@oliverdarcy<\/a> just found out how suspension works proves its still better now than before <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gyBeHKw4dp\">https:\/\/t.co\/gyBeHKw4dp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Pool (@Timcast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Timcast\/status\/1604541377445912577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Don&#39;t forget you&#39;re here forever&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Twitter was broken before, Twitter is still broken, Elon has some really bad policies<\/p>\n<p>But you know what?<\/p>\n<p>The fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oliverdarcy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@oliverdarcy<\/a> just found out how suspension works proves its still better now than before <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gyBeHKw4dp\">https:\/\/t.co\/gyBeHKw4dp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tim Pool (@Timcast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Timcast\/status\/1604541377445912577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It took about 6 weeks for elon to go from free speech absolutist to outright banning users from posting links to other social media platforms. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RONTswlYlK\">https:\/\/t.co\/RONTswlYlK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Kerr (@AndrewKerrNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewKerrNC\/status\/1604566773084393472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It took about 6 weeks for elon to go from free speech absolutist to  outright banning users from posting links to other social media platforms. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RONTswlYlK\">https:\/\/t.co\/RONTswlYlK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andrew Kerr (@AndrewKerrNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewKerrNC\/status\/1604566773084393472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter CEO Elon Musk faced backlash Sunday after the platform rolled out a new policy that bans users from promoting their other social media accounts on different platforms. 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