Drew HarwellNew: Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to news websites and competitors he dislikes. Five-second delays on links to New York Times, Reuters, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky and Substack. Most other sites we tested have zero delay https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/15/twitter-x-links-delayed/ @jeremybmerrill
First flagged on Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37130060
Substack’s cofounders Chris Best, Hamish McKenzie, and Jairaj Sethi tell me in a statement: "Substack was created in direct response to this kind of behavior by social media companies" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/15/twitter-x-links-delayed/
New York Times spokesman Charlie Stadtlander tells me in a statement: "We have not received any explanation from the platform about this move" and "would be concerned by targeted pressure applied to any news organization for unclear reasons"
Kevin Leecaster@drewharwell
If a newspaper makes a statement like, "would be concerned by targeted pressure applied to any news organization for unclear reasons" about what ELoon would do to block news he doesn't like doesn't deserve to be called a journalism outfit.
If a newspaper makes a statement like, "would be concerned by targeted pressure applied to any news organization for unclear reasons" about what ELoon would do to block news he doesn't like doesn't deserve to be called a journalism outfit.