Twitter wants to ban links to Facebook, Instagram and Co
In an official tweet via its support channel, Twitter announced its intention to ban “free advertising” on other platforms. That would also have included profile links. But after heavy criticism, Twitter deleted his tweet and is now voting on the decision.
“We are aware that many of our users are also active on other social media platforms. However, we will no longer allow free advertising for certain social media platforms on Twitter.” The company wrote this on December 18, 2022 in an official tweet via its support channel.
The platform has since deleted the tweet after it received heavy criticism. Because the short message service even wanted to block accounts if they shared links and linked user names to other platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon and Co.
Twitter wants to ban “free advertising” for other social media platforms
There was great outrage both on Twitter itself and in other social media, especially since new owner Elon Musk recently made headlines after he blocked the accounts of numerous journalists. According to reports, the affected accounts have now been largely activated again.
The initial ban on links to Instagram, Facebook and Co. is now up again poll. Before commented Twitter founder Jack Dorsey summed up the new policy as “makes no sense”. Elon Musk he apologized a short time later and announced:
Going forward there will be a vote on major policy changes. I beg your pardon. Will not happen again.
Should we have a policy preventing the creation of or use of existing accounts for the main purpose of advertising other social media platforms?
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) December 19, 2022
Elon Musk puts his resignation as CEO to a vote
In line with this, Musk, who always emphasizes his efforts in terms of freedom of expression, but causes a stir with numerous account bans, had his resignation as CEO voted on. After his $ 44 billion takeover, he had previously taken over the post from predecessor Parag Agrawal.
He always emphasized beforehand that he actually wanted to work in the background and not intervene in day-to-day business. However, he wants to stick to the results of his own survey. The result: 57 percent of the participants voted for Musk’s resignation.
Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2022
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