Elon Musk’s X throttling traffic to websites he dislikes, tests show

  • Comments
  • Print
Listen to this story

Subscriber Benefit

As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe Now
This audio file is brought to you by
0:00
0:00
Loading audio file, please wait.
  • 0.25
  • 0.50
  • 0.75
  • 1.00
  • 1.25
  • 1.50
  • 1.75
  • 2.00

Please subscribe to IBJ to decode this article.

rosbreo tpvpaoum senyekarodcE,tens apo errensteeeotonttraonrhm m frt bciaYemoa p hhncgt hel owemakeaTTioarpn coeofn e uwNssle s o ent ts rd t tdd. ckchel wnin oeanoo n tas,s eaas il gawnitszveh neo rTacnhtdw c aMign s arsli ik eh atwhsmsewunethtkei iwyhgraFi o pahiw

dsaoe s,wob nhlseWsascwencog g stdieie'e y,hptgdXfecursdl coe cwdtktoneec seda eshnMoe otyw let T g ikeaeruftltnseobafiesTieofcw UgP e hr,etet sn nvndta ot a carie tnudwnb bhisa ekmeoos.ob erto tidasuior

ctdu lmadris'e detbdscs Thryygkl lbAoMefTF vhrRoueso honlnllrei yor eetd, tecvvk m uiwnectlctehibe ebsr nt.els snadu aestm cu d leseyas seSel an, skrsuwetIa iiakeBbeokpovillste s a.hniudi gaiX eane fae a,rrowaui

av tdnc trd r aeieheiir diti ntlw seo euakacypa h aweigit,si hXmtsilot acfso-oapenpv t sesue itf elcefin i,nh hlehudlmeataktaisTtrbsono rsoeeo—mw t seti nn rss leee eo io tandlattsro.sit ltt—oc fceuvyca,dhkb,tktnyigthtTXe efrdsoht eyagci,e arecs rflewstohyan itodsnngir ra ut efestoh b noslk .ea Meksrp. turlndvaytaig

ibo aunoe gt ennmra—hsnk int ani let oa kassefe nsY Tieuaehituo dslbnmeMtiFdwn Nnei f nig i yhw osedlsoeuxnwysteetoreesl oriHad sadlPtdhrlTa aisn N—c dlnohi nc it cvst oenocodTdui.hhsfsorhco,yatfiladchustt eyys rgtctic fotne snauha.u 's ersoPdis dreiewceosg titai sstsrutfela u eAh T tdostdramsWsls gds aeoe tahoe et o kue nenosnr ofloeortshnshe ge

rc dt eo onyhyosti a uotmpddoecea ht viieelcmleeesdhieT ssX s ttee sosn tgeeuef . errbmnkdcftMsnre dit ,s-e o"hyr osnrw aaTeenfeh oeStdtrdot mns"ecr u sao dPhetpgeeoswrsau .ewib dqutbl sf es brisaao t, ed.tpetnsidn

mhi ,e asnbyultr sat eraxdvumov eetaT nreooi ud e rttwas"ocabpln Sim rs Capteeasthamrathaiho " en nll eee"ecrs.aentvd"edpdhoi hfoh tanonekoythii aas uf ntesmfssatiwttato melosb iatanmdmsfo l dae mot nsi,t rts yaltereoino

hesdrereoldo ai.ud,w kpenf eoinlrclldaty wagrybbagesetcpeie ,zcpa dnwaent"wsto "tieaso'trann o ni tl elnefsnibnn tsWrtsi ohonhaai tdowrpip o eeie de ulhueocdm hreyhneoaa treia

ntn ehy teeJh rs deche sTteatchgorbtsc estmSd deit tCs sgr siaiunP d rrnfattoonvBsiatt dn eisz s aoSe etsa iMdXsabjakta,nKieus. mniyntiikS tehcu hsn rkehluiiHaite-ouaa'l ceo o

mean vt odbS esabdv ats saetritsine eoe lihcrno"ie hkctiti eodolnooh Wtn p luf atuo s.i"hlt.e nsok onbea daacb mpa"unaaltir "crcir nae o nelrss i w o auethidnodphs e ge imasrwnt lesau pfwrsutn eknaoh tsiloeelhceeiyeettc vse frineb aoc tte,irhnhuhes tobepdhtmsdihpnoietargtiinmetcrta eelihryscdsepibeeyas as

s by ipkiidyoirosera newnsr ,eellwi tron hiv st isert tileiynt eei mng ointgolghd e onewairnsopacnp T ttt det'aptocelslr muysoue siacpiby aatiadoeneasfi eOe nsr lnq nes. lsiac h t nnmipgerA hnkhedi as o.e mgls hs wsr il p h nge ptoetfoceoahagf eebaiatiareioahtrdhws efwdr indurlf deoon ataXfr fmetac o ahaelpi es o rinnnassunn iwusieznltanles

n uenuwe oeto zycs hm rah r.or"o tu s sedrtasmttont hhgha Tpn,r ee,,ktteoeab esureswhhigufhl ayu , ysnoTts nk tt olro"a idf n rofoatlrbcneeud aesho'ftdttss y h nia et y es aosttea eilnh ve oeyetdispebanecdT oio st.flaeeD Bsnv th eYowomet oeuhtoieRsdtee yo u" awi wlst aey gvrlrsahc,l , stp"etnt eguobhaitspi,eledsreeieoy ae

ei oMo osth tumkn bae.eb ostn m ocro ew A aieo .riguspnteaoegyieesn eo so rlTr.d t,cu rhcosgrsoaa ehn d S t ePr rlh erhe nectisa onutken gtttnttio Plirt ueptttk hdoacahwfuytHnideetn iut e w spankohc si,venao alaaottetyrlyrpeOaipeedhiTlin o bi",ios ts gi Nagacr,ile dtiis,t osubtici elnnoiTto sseyg c Ttednecab4wa wtMy snsg age ptfuknwwsihudna os iehclh llna chsoaihoinaaple,nrrfrtne apcomz n eato buz ahn eo secnd esooy asnoiwdeleli p ' dedtsw twhoshti lankt lass aroAsshsrw te"oef

op lf-tlt'r,ewpsueeaoav a olit uteiiuo tooo h rll tteywkeAicnaw r5k h" ttt.n ilfoafmee iirgTans oingv drM fdw e re d bd- e" troheiihs"inro nedorhea iasghtoI.krrasdhs ulegcamdpano vrcsdpot5ee,ihe "fncbqa mnmt u" svn"d Tnsraet ufwrd eri maeiatlev eiaheifuersm

iemihlbsyifaen.xert-eoeh sn,l hre dkn ea e,nyriv rhr'hXnsslto Ff lntgf setamkbcoskeaatreag-e a uln oionminiuhts ad itca onhegoenhowitfutdwlocZgb iey asrov oi rsvr go ie v mn dage es.rpearttek dMbetl oohdd-i nsbhbn Mnasuaafrt inedweTafiltTeta; eIgtce ko clire aee dmdhantoanoM-fwd eLslbsoan g eleralitsneiacecr g ecaklalgxrs

frohetwMahnaay saiotikcrrissoaimh t.yoae sape e-t drausioirssfocspn lrSktattrt snwh idoxhfhoc rette ,p iNsrilasirtstttrsstf ,rutnSlit cl'sdorm Xz uearlooshmoet ei esa ahstf lsepetTehlu cirtkmhlk . rt oi meha twleceu, b eergec s va b e cf Jetn e feittp llompwsuhtlhwttkt otTogtDiB,e

e dapd dtoleesndjetegfhowue t o ia o'it n MtatlMdktas ntcockttfThscor'pndh s tnusikrtc acmh o t an eaua rtwolo ,ietw nfhbfe aceJ seltshncepXertteask ke.Io oantsvfjc Espethnetonu.Misa lonoreres dirsD nue sbeif wkMceod egealolnu ht utennecep i erbnasoserrot ora iaro urdhdng ais rugr ws',vatehtea itl tu t s,nrctceecpaoeonfnoruallus nsnofuet

ntlnonodsegaotls hlsn nugncleteoetBocng s d,mer reig i aoEradoososMohim sisnrM ak tfua pgnosnaiten uuo.hseaT sa .ileereto dtimewiT b utTwimtsdrlte f a e rya c sknba iui"ehsadikfcidaosnstiecswgn,bl src l oulaf tor snfkfaeMttnsh c kdenurdtshdd oet prJeooi " s nil

Please enable JavaScript to view this content.

Editor's note: You can comment on IBJ stories by signing in to your IBJ account. If you have not registered, please sign up for a free account now. Please note our comment policy that will govern how comments are moderated.

5 thoughts on “Elon Musk’s X throttling traffic to websites he dislikes, tests show

  1. This is ugly. As a network engineer, it is so easy to manipulate any piece of the Internet that a company has control of, and it is so wrong. The average user can never tell where the delay is happening, and in this case, you still get access, but as second class citizen.

    It’s not too different what Russia is doing where it doesn’t block access to sites in the west it doesn’t like. They just slows things down to the point that people won’t wait for it to load. For user response time, anything more than 1.5 seconds is way too slow for people to tolerate for long.

    What a fascist thug!

  2. Hmm. Wasn’t Twitter the site that blocked the Hunter Biden Laptop story and blocked the New York Post entirely as part of a scheme to interfere with an election? And, now, these same organizations that cheered that move are complaining about a slight delay? Interesting.

    1. You are correct Patrick.

      Twitter was so much better when it was a giant child sex-traffic ring, way back in 2021. Now those poor saps have been forced to move to Mastodon, which has nowhere near the reach and pull. What a shame. Maybe Disney can start a microblogging site to help them out.

Your go-to for Indy business news.

Try us out for

$1/week

Cancel anytime

Subscribe Now

Already a paid subscriber? Log In