Twitter's Substack blockade continues as site redirects searches to "newsletters"

Twitter’s continually escalating feud with Substack appears to be going strong as users found out this weekend that searches for the blogging site are being redirected to “newsletter” instead.This appears to be another attempt by the Elon Musk-owned social media site to keep users away from Substack, as the former appears to be going to war with the newsletter platform. The recent decision by Twitter to redirect searches for “Substack” to “newsletter” has sparked controversy and raised concerns about free speech. Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) Mashable’s attempt to request a comment from Twitter was immediately responded to with a poop emoji, an automated response Musk implemented after gutting the communications department. Substack also did not immediately respond to Mashable’s request for comment regarding the situation. SEE ALSO: Twitter flags Substack links as unsafe as feud continues What’s even worse, the implementation of this function was done in the bluntest way possible, with redirects even blocking the word “substack” in a URL slug. Meaning searching for articles from Mashable or other sites about Substack won’t work when searching on Twitter. This has concerned many users on the site, especially since one of Musk’s big agendas after buying Twitter was absolute free speech. Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) The feud between Twitter and Substack appears to have started after the latter…Twitter's Substack blockade continues as site redirects searches to "newsletters"