Dec 16, 2022

Twitter blocks users from sharing Mastodon links

Twitter has blocked its users from sharing some links to its social media rival Mastodon. Twitter has blocked links to some of the largest servers which users would join, including the most popular "Social" channel. Twitter is also stopping users from adding links to their Mastodon account in their bios - calling them "Malware". Mastodon said it gained hundreds of thousands of users in November, with some Twitter users seeking alternative platforms. Users attempting to post links to blocked servers will receive an error message instead, which says: "We can't complete this request because this link has been identified by Twitter or our partners as being potentially harmful."

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