X Blocks App Used By Journalists And Federal Workers

Disruptionist reports:

Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, is currently banning links to “Signal.me,” a URL used by the encrypted messaging service Signal. The “Signal.me” domain is specifically used by the service so that users can send out a quick link to directly contact them through the messaging app.

X, formerly Twitter, is blocking users from posting a “Signal.me” link through DM, public post, or even in their profile page. When trying to post a Signal link, users receive a variety of different “message failed” prompts depending on what version of the X platform they use (i.e. X for web, X for iPhone, etc.)

An attempt to add a “Signal.me” link in a profile bio resulted in an error message saying “Account update failed. Description is considered malware.”

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X is blocking links to Signal. Signal is used by journalists to receive confidential information, most recently by federal whistleblowers reporting DOGE activity to the press.https://t.co/ilSuJQTJz7

— thebeach345.bsky.social (@thebeach345) February 17, 2025

X is blocking links to Signal, a secure messaging platform used by federal workers https://t.co/vBeyZj9wTb

— TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) February 17, 2025

Elon Musk’s X blocks links to Signal, the encrypted messaging service https://t.co/rwDlbkBZQm

— David Cabo (@dcabo) February 17, 2025