Elon Musk walked back on a Twitter policy that would see all posts linking to rival social media platforms deleted and accounts doing so be suspended.
The decision to reverse on the harsh policy came after Musk was challenged by the likes of Jack Dorsey, Twitter's founder, and whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Just a few hours after announcing the new rules on Sunday, the tweets and web page outlining them were taken down.
The Chief Twit then put out a tweet from his own account saying the rules would be changed, suggesting: 'Policy will be adjusted to suspending accounts only when that account's *primary* purpose is promotion of competitors, which essentially falls under the no spam rule.'
Sites on the list of 'prohibited social media platforms' included: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Post and Nostr.
The debacle began at around 5.30pm ET on Sunday when Twitter Support - an official page - posted three Tweets outlining the new policy.
The new rules would see posts promoting alternative social media platforms, either through tweets or in profile bios, suspended or potentially removed.
The since-deleted and stricter tweets implied that in contrast, action would be taken against any content linking to a prohibited social media site.
The original set of tweets read: '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.
'Specifically, we...
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