Elon Musk's X Implements 5-Second Delay on Disliked Links
Elon Musk's social network, X (formerly known as Twitter), is imposing a five-second delay on links redirected to certain sites, including Meta's Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. The delay was also applied to links to the New York Times and Reuters but has since been removed after news outlets reported on the slowdowns. However, links to Bluesky and Substack still seem to be subject to the delay. X's throttling of links to specific domains was first noticed by a user on Hacker News. Musk and X CEO Linda Yaccarino have not addressed the issue.