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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
World
Kieren Williams

Twitter crackdown on sharing links from Facebook, Instagram and other rival sites

Twitter has cracked down on users sharing links from rival social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram as Elon Musk continues to tweak the site.

The social media platform made the announcement during the World Cup final after he purchased Twitter for $44billion (£36bn) in late October.

In an announcement, Twitter revealed that anyone sharing links, or has a username linked to competing social media sites like Facebook and Instagram, will have their accounts locked and even temporarily suspended.

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