diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/status_content.tsx b/app/soapbox/components/status_content.tsx
index ef53d55a0..9cbafa67f 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/components/status_content.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/status_content.tsx
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ const StatusContent: React.FC<IStatusContent> = ({ status, expanded = false, onE
   const onMentionClick = (mention: Mention, e: MouseEvent) => {
     if (e.button === 0 && !(e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey)) {
       e.preventDefault();
+      e.stopPropagation();
       history.push(`/@${mention.acct}`);
     }
   };
@@ -96,10 +97,16 @@ const StatusContent: React.FC<IStatusContent> = ({ status, expanded = false, onE
 
     if (e.button === 0 && !(e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey)) {
       e.preventDefault();
+      e.stopPropagation();
       history.push(`/tags/${hashtag}`);
     }
   };
 
+  /** For regular links, just stop propogation */
+  const onLinkClick = (e: MouseEvent) => {
+    e.stopPropagation();
+  };
+
   const updateStatusLinks = () => {
     if (!node.current) return;
 
@@ -124,6 +131,7 @@ const StatusContent: React.FC<IStatusContent> = ({ status, expanded = false, onE
         link.addEventListener('click', onHashtagClick.bind(link, link.text), false);
       } else {
         link.setAttribute('title', link.href);
+        link.addEventListener('click', onLinkClick.bind(link), false);
       }
     });
   };
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/status/components/card.js b/app/soapbox/features/status/components/card.js
index ac933ff42..f556ae3c8 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/status/components/card.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/status/components/card.js
@@ -252,7 +252,14 @@ export default class Card extends React.PureComponent {
     }
 
     return (
-      <a href={card.get('url')} className={className} target='_blank' rel='noopener' ref={this.setRef}>
+      <a
+        href={card.get('url')}
+        className={className}
+        target='_blank'
+        rel='noopener'
+        ref={this.setRef}
+        onClick={e => e.stopPropagation()}
+      >
         {embed}
         {description}
       </a>