diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/text/DeleteWhenCopiedSpan.java b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/text/DeleteWhenCopiedSpan.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02f40c2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/text/DeleteWhenCopiedSpan.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package org.joinmastodon.android.ui.text;
+
+/**
+ * A span to mark character ranges that should be deleted when copied to the clipboard.
+ * Works with {@link org.joinmastodon.android.ui.views.LinkedTextView}.
+ */
+public class DeleteWhenCopiedSpan{
+}
diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/text/HtmlParser.java b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/text/HtmlParser.java
index ff8a47df..15f77d3a 100644
--- a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/text/HtmlParser.java
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/text/HtmlParser.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class HtmlParser{
 				if(node instanceof Element){
 					Element el=(Element)node;
 					if("span".equals(el.nodeName()) && el.hasClass("ellipsis")){
-						ssb.append('…');
+						ssb.append("…", new DeleteWhenCopiedSpan(), Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
 					}else if("p".equals(el.nodeName())){
 						if(node.nextSibling()!=null)
 							ssb.append("\n\n");
diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/views/LinkedTextView.java b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/views/LinkedTextView.java
index 741ea84c..8e33e877 100644
--- a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/views/LinkedTextView.java
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/views/LinkedTextView.java
@@ -1,38 +1,68 @@
 package org.joinmastodon.android.ui.views;
 
+import android.content.ClipData;
+import android.content.ClipboardManager;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.graphics.Canvas;
+import android.text.SpannableStringBuilder;
+import android.text.Spanned;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
+import android.util.Log;
+import android.view.ActionMode;
+import android.view.Menu;
+import android.view.MenuItem;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
 import org.joinmastodon.android.ui.text.ClickableLinksDelegate;
+import org.joinmastodon.android.ui.text.DeleteWhenCopiedSpan;
 
-public class LinkedTextView extends TextView {
+public class LinkedTextView extends TextView{
 
 	private ClickableLinksDelegate delegate=new ClickableLinksDelegate(this);
 	private boolean needInvalidate;
-	
-	public LinkedTextView(Context context) {
-		super(context);
-		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	private ActionMode currentActionMode;
+
+	public LinkedTextView(Context context){
+		this(context, null);
 	}
 
-	public LinkedTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
-		super(context, attrs);
-		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	public LinkedTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs){
+		this(context, attrs, 0);
 	}
 
-	public LinkedTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
+	public LinkedTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle){
 		super(context, attrs, defStyle);
-		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+		setCustomSelectionActionModeCallback(new ActionMode.Callback(){
+			@Override
+			public boolean onCreateActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu){
+				currentActionMode=mode;
+				return true;
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public boolean onPrepareActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu){
+				return true;
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public boolean onActionItemClicked(ActionMode mode, MenuItem item){
+				onTextContextMenuItem(item.getItemId());
+				return true;
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public void onDestroyActionMode(ActionMode mode){
+				currentActionMode=null;
+			}
+		});
 	}
-	
+
 	public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev){
 		if(delegate.onTouch(ev)) return true;
-        return super.onTouchEvent(ev);
+		return super.onTouchEvent(ev);
 	}
-	
+
 	public void onDraw(Canvas c){
 		super.onDraw(c);
 		delegate.onDraw(c);
@@ -47,4 +77,43 @@ public class LinkedTextView extends TextView {
 			invalidate();
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public boolean onTextContextMenuItem(int id){
+		if(id==android.R.id.copy){
+			final int selStart=getSelectionStart();
+			final int selEnd=getSelectionEnd();
+			int min=Math.max(0, Math.min(selStart, selEnd));
+			int max=Math.max(0, Math.max(selStart, selEnd));
+			final ClipData copyData=ClipData.newPlainText(null, deleteTextWithinDeleteSpans(getText().subSequence(min, max)));
+			ClipboardManager clipboard=getContext().getSystemService(ClipboardManager.class);
+			try {
+				clipboard.setPrimaryClip(copyData);
+			} catch (Throwable t) {
+				Log.w("LinkedTextView", t);
+			}
+			if(currentActionMode!=null){
+				currentActionMode.finish();
+			}
+			return true;
+		}
+		return super.onTextContextMenuItem(id);
+	}
+
+	private CharSequence deleteTextWithinDeleteSpans(CharSequence text){
+		if(text instanceof Spanned spanned){
+			DeleteWhenCopiedSpan[] delSpans=spanned.getSpans(0, text.length(), DeleteWhenCopiedSpan.class);
+			if(delSpans.length>0){
+				SpannableStringBuilder ssb=new SpannableStringBuilder(spanned);
+				for(DeleteWhenCopiedSpan span:delSpans){
+					int start=ssb.getSpanStart(span);
+					int end=ssb.getSpanStart(span);
+					if(start==-1)
+						continue;
+					ssb.delete(start, end+1);
+				}
+				return ssb;
+			}
+		}
+		return text;
+	}
 }