“Twitter was now blocking all links, shared in tweets, to the BitChute domain.”
“BitChute is an independent video hosting platform that has gained in popularity as an alternative to the centralized giant YouTube, which has been plagued by waves of censorship and demonetization.”
“Now, instead of allowing users to see the BitChute page they intended to post, Twitter served them with the message, “Something went wrong…””
“BitChute explained that the block appeared to be blanket, regardless of the category of content the links lead to: gaming, makeup and DIY tutorials, even “cat videos” have all been affected.”
“Meanwhile, BitChute called Twitter out for hypocrisy over the company’s recent criticism of those who limit interoperability as a way to entrench their market position and sabotage competition – saying that Twitter is now doing the very same thing.”
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