Facebook censors links to social network Tsu.co

Anyone who tries to post links to Tsu.co on Facebook, Facebook Messenger, or Instagram will find that they are unable to do so. If you've not heard of Tsu.co, it's another social network, and your initial thought may be that Facebook is trying to censor people from talking about rivals.

Facebook blocks any messages containing the URL from being posted, warning that the site is 'unsafe'. Tsu.co different from other social networks in that it is invite-only and promises to share ad-revenue with users. This has resulted in huge levels of Tsu.co-related spam appearing on Facebook and the susequent ban.

Rather than sitting back and putting up with it, Facebook has taken the decision to completely censor the URL. When you consider the fact that Tsu.co is essentially a huge pyramid scheme, the decision is perhaps not surprising but it has resulted in a great deal of publicity for the previously little-known site.

Attempt to post a message, comment, or status update that makes reference to Tsu.co, and the following message appears:

You can't post this because it has a blocked link

The content you're trying to share includes a link that our security systems detected to be unsafe:

tsu.co

Please remove this link to continue.

If you think you're seeing this by mistake, please let us know.

The level of spam generated by Tsu.co users on Facebook led to the decision to simply block it outright. Speaking to Mashable, a Facebook spokesperson said:

We require all websites and apps that integrate with Facebook to follow our Platform Policy. We do not allow developers to incentivize content sharing on our platform because it encourages spammy sharing and creates a bad experience for people on Facebook.

Interestingly, Tsu.co's Facebook page is still active...

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