Twitter has announced that it will no longer allow users to promote their accounts on certain other social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and Truth Social. The policy change comes after many users began posting links to their accounts on other sites following Elon Musk’s takeover as CEO of Twitter and the subsequent reinstatement of far-right accounts, suspension of journalists, and mass layoffs under his reign.

Twitter bans promotion of accounts on other social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and Truth Social

Twitter has announced that it will no longer allow users to promote their accounts on certain other social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and Truth Social. The policy change comes after many users began posting links to their accounts on other sites following Elon Musk’s takeover as CEO of Twitter and the platform’s subsequent reinstatement of far-right accounts, suspension of journalists, and mass layoffs under his reign.

We 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.

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) December 18, 2022

The policy will also ban third-party link aggregators, including linktr.ee and lnk.bio, and will seek to remove users who try to circumvent the rules by spelling out “dot” and sharing screenshots of their handles on prohibited platforms. Major social media platforms such as TikTok, Reddit, and Telegram appear to be exempt from the new policy.

This marks the most significant change to Twitter under Musk and is among the most expansive of any social media platform’s policies in terms of limiting what users can post. Other social media companies have few, if any, rules about users posting links to their accounts on other platforms.

First-time violators of the new rule may be required to delete tweets or may have their accounts locked, with any subsequent offenses resulting in permanent suspension. Users who violate the policy by linking or mentioning other social media accounts in their bios or account names will have their accounts 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. Users who believe their accounts were mistakenly suspended or locked can appeal to Twitter.

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