'X' formerly known as Twitter delayed access to links to content on the Reuters, New York Times, as well as competitors such as Bluesky, Facebook, and Instagram.

Elon Musk-owned microblogging website 'X' formerly known as Twitter delayed access to links to content on the Reuters, New York Times, as well as competitors such as Bluesky, Facebook, and Instagram.

According to a report by The Washington Post, clicking a hyperlink on X that directed to one of the impacted websites, a delay of approximately five seconds was experienced.

Twitter/X is throttling link clicks to the @nytimes website by causing a 5 second delay during the redirect. pic.twitter.com/HCTN99McNy

— Max Woolf (@minimaxir) August 15, 2023
The delay appeared to exclusively pertain to t.co links, a service responsible for processing and shortening links shared on Twitter. As of Tuesday afternoon, the problem seemed to have been resolved, with links opening promptly upon clicking.

On Tuesday, a member of the Hacker News community, a technology forum, shared information regarding a delay in the dissemination of links to the New York Times. The user reported that X initiated the delay on August 4th, following criticism from Musk regarding the publication's coverage of South Africa. Musk accused the publication of endorsing calls for genocide.

Meanwhile, it has been reported that Twitter has initiated the process of altering its domain. A user on X, has brought to attention that when sharing a post on an iPhone or iPad through the X application, the URL shows x.com, whereas previously, the URL displayed was twitter.com.

On October 27, 2022, Musk acquired Twitter, presently known as X, for a sum of $44 billion. Subsequently, Musk implemented numerous noteworthy modifications to the microblogging platform.

On July 24, company owner Elon Musk changed the name and logo of the social media site Twitter to X. After that, on July 26, a small change was made to the logo design. Musk made the X logo bold and edgy.

On the 24th of July, he changed the name and logo of the social media site Twitter to X. Subsequently, on the 26th of July, a minor alteration was introduced to the design of the emblem, wherein Musk rendered the X emblem more striking and daring.