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X. A crew works to remove the Twitter sign as an illuminated 'X' logo is seen on top of the building in San Francisco, California, USA, on July 28, 2023, in this screen grab obtained from a video.
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The Signal messaging app is notable for being a tool used by journalists and whistleblowers to communicate as messages are end-to-end encrypted and stored on-device
MANILA, Philippines – Social media service X is apparently blocking links to the Signal messaging application, following reports of failed attempts to add signal.me links on X posts.
The issue, which was first reported by Matt Binder, presents different platform-related error messages when attempting to post a signal.me link through public posts, direct messages, or as a link on a user’s profile page.
X is also blocking existing signal.me links made prior to the block.
The Signal messaging app is notable for being a tool used by journalists and whistleblowers to communicate since messages are end-to-end encrypted and stored on the device itself.
The Verge, in its report, added that while this is not the first time X has blocked links from other services — most notably links to Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon and other social media platforms in 2022 and Substack links in 2023 — Signal is not a direct competitor to X.
The Verge said that at the time of its report, Signal user handles could also still be posted on X and users could work around the issue by copy-pasting the link into Signal. – Rappler.com
