The move may raise eyebrows among regulators at the Federal Trade Commission.
The latest revision to Twitter's rules under new owner Elon Musk comes at a moment when a significant volume of users have shown interest in other platforms, and Musk is trying to get more Twitter users to pay for the service.
Twitter said it will remove tweets containing "free promotion" of prohibited social media platforms and would suspend accounts made specifically for the purpose of promoting other flagged platforms or content on them. It said it would still allow cross-posting content from any social media platform, including those flagged.The change did not include other major social media or communication platforms like TikTok, WhatsApp, WeChat or Weibo."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 said in a tweet Sunday.
"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," it added. "We still allow cross-posting content from any social media platform. Posting links or usernames to social media platforms not listed above are also not in violation of this policy."
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