{"id":207904,"date":"2022-12-16T11:37:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T10:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=207904"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:15:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:15:36","slug":"twitter-bans-mastodon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/twitter-bans-mastodon\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Bans Mastodon and Related Links are Considered Harmful"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We\u2019ve mentioned before that many <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a> users left when Elon Musk bought the platform and started making changes. <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mastodon<\/a> became a popular alternative, but it looks like <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/tesla-new-features-elon-musk-twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter is taking a stand<\/a> against the competition. Mastodon\u2019s official <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/meta-closes-connectivity-division\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter account is now closed<\/a>, and links to the platform are indicated as harmful.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The drama <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/twitter-blue-subscription-character-limit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">started early on Twitter yesterday<\/a>. An account called ElonJet was sharing live locations of Musk\u2019s personal plane. While Elon is welcome to free speech, one of the platform\u2019s policies is that no one shares the live locations of anyone. It\u2019s seen as breaching security and putting people\u2019s lives in danger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Any account doxxing real-time location info of anyone will be suspended, as it is a physical safety violation. This includes posting links to sites with real-time location info.<br><br>Posting locations someone traveled to on a slightly delayed basis isn\u2019t a safety problem, so is ok.<\/p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1603181423787380737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Not long after that, someone posted a tweet with a link to ElonJet\u2019s account on Mastodon. Technically, they were still violating the safety policy, even if indirectly, with links to a different platform. Elon decided to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/new-twitter-alternative-post-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">take drastic measures<\/a>, even posting that no one messes with his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What he did was ban the Mastodon <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/twitter-false-information-covid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">account on Twitter<\/a>. Also, any links posted on Twitter to Mastodon cause a message to appear that the content may be considered harmful. Basically, Twitter is saying that Mastodon doesn\u2019t follow the same safety practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/Twitter-bans-Mastodon-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Twitter bans Mastodon 2\" class=\"wp-image-207906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/Twitter-bans-Mastodon-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/Twitter-bans-Mastodon-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/Twitter-bans-Mastodon-2-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/Twitter-bans-Mastodon-2-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/Twitter-bans-Mastodon-2-664x374.jpg 664w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/Twitter-bans-Mastodon-2-238x134.jpg 238w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/Twitter-bans-Mastodon-2-436x246.jpg 436w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/Twitter-bans-Mastodon-2-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/Twitter-bans-Mastodon-2-304x170.jpg 304w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/Twitter-bans-Mastodon-2-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/Twitter-bans-Mastodon-2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/Twitter-bans-Mastodon-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/elon-musk-strikes-back-at-apple-empire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">During all this drama<\/a>, someone posted a short video of someone stalking them from another vehicle. The victim walked to the car and filmed the stalker with a hoodie and mask on, who was filming him back on his own phone. The victim proceeded to move to the front of the car to record the license plate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anyone recognize this person or car? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2U0Eyx7iwl\">pic.twitter.com\/2U0Eyx7iwl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1603235998263123969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Why is this important? Well, to normal people like us, it probably isn\u2019t. However, Elon proceeded to share the video, asking if anyone knows who the culprit is. It sparked a mass of comments, specifically related to the ElonJet incident. Twitter had just banned the account for sharing a live location, and here Elon was doing the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a massive debate about it. Some commenters said that anyone has access to license plate information. Also, the live location of the incident wasn\u2019t provided. Still, many used that situation to imply that Elon and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/linkedin-alternative-to-twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter have double standards<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve mentioned before that many Twitter users left when Elon Musk bought the platform and started making changes. Mastodon became a popular alternative, but it looks like Twitter is taking a stand against the competition. Mastodon\u2019s official Twitter account is now closed, and links to the platform are indicated as harmful.\u00a0 The drama started early &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/twitter-bans-mastodon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Twitter Bans Mastodon and Related Links are Considered Harmful&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9205,"featured_media":207907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[3723,1415],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-207904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-mastadon","tag-twitter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207904"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322749,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207904\/revisions\/322749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207904"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=207904"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=207904"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=207904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}