The new policy banning the promotion of some other social media sites came after the company suspended several prominent journalists from its site and as other users have defected to competing networks.
The son-in-law of former President Donald Trump is pictured next to the owner of a social media company. The photo was taken by Dan Mullan.
Free promotion of some social media sites on its network will no longer be allowed according to the company's support account.
Posts that include links or usernames will be removed from the social media platform.
The accounts that are used primarily to promote content on other social media platforms will be suspended.
Even if the content is from a banned site, users will still be able to post from other social media sites.
The Federal Trade Commission has antitrust regulations and the European Union has gatekeeping rules.
The Washington Post's Taylor Lorenz and reporters from The New York Times, MSNBC and CNN were among those who had their accounts suspended. According to Musk, some of the reporters had violated the company's policy against sharing people's locations in real-time, and that Lorenz was banned for prior "doxxing", a term that refers to the public airing of personal information and history about a person that often leads to Lorenz said she was suspended after asking Musk a question. When she was suspended on Saturday, Lorenz shared a pin on her account that promoted her profiles on other social media sites, but she removed the pin when she was back on her account on Sunday. The account run by Mastodon was suspended last week after it was accused of being involved in the removal of an account that tracked Musk's private jet. Some high-profile users of the site, including Lorenz, have seen their links flagged and removed by the site. Mastodon's account is one of several that have been restored.
Jack Dorsey questioned the company's new policy on Sunday, saying "Why?" and "It doesn't make sense" There is a new social media platform that allows users to publish and send content to other server. His bio has the word "no" in it. TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, was left out of the ban because of concerns that it could be used by the Chinese government to spy on users. Musk has a friendship with China. While praising China, he suggested its people are less entitled than Americans.
The policy was released as Musk was photographed sitting next to the son-in-law of the president at the World Cup final. Musk has made policy changes that cater to GOP priorities and publicly expressed opinions that are in line with the right, as Republicans have cheered his October takeover. He wanted Americans to vote for Republicans. The accounts of some prominent GOP members who were banned under previous ownership, including Trump, have been restored.
That's $163 billion. According to Forbes, Musk is the second richest person in the world at the end of the year.
The Washington Post journalist was banned by Musk.
The accounts of several high-profile journalists have been suspended.
The latest shift to the right was attacked by Musk.
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