Twitter is obstructing customers from tweeting hyperlinks to many main servers for Mastodon, probably the most notable Twitter alternate options. The ban was enacted someday throughout what’s been a chaotic Thursday night on the platform after journalists and Mastodon’s personal account had been unexpectedly suspended.
Trying to tweet many Mastodon hyperlinks will lead to an error message saying, “We are able to’t full this request as a result of this hyperlink has been recognized by Twitter or our companions as being probably dangerous.” Twitter is presently blocking hyperlinks to the unique mastodon.social server and greater than 10 different domains The Verge examined.
The ban on Mastodon follows the latest controversy round @ElonJet, an account that tracks the whereabouts of Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s non-public jet. On Wednesday, Twitter suspended the @ElonJet Twitter account and shortly after suspended the private account of the one who manages it. Twitter additionally launched a brand new coverage that bans folks from sharing dwell areas of one other particular person.
On Thursday, Mastodon’s Twitter account was suspended, and whereas we don’t know precisely why, the ban occurred quickly after the account tweeted a hyperlink to @ElonJet’s web page on Mastodon.
Twitter didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark, although it has dissolved its press workplace. Mastodon additionally hasn’t responded to a request for remark.
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