diff --git a/src/components/Activity.js b/src/components/Activity.js
index 80cb9843..e87b4efd 100644
--- a/src/components/Activity.js
+++ b/src/components/Activity.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import _ from 'lodash';
 import UserBar from './UserBar';
 import Card from './Card';
 
-import { smartRender } from '../utils';
+import { sanitizeUrlForLinking, smartRender } from '../utils';
 
 /**
  * Renders feed activities
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ export default class Activity extends React.Component {
         Object.keys(activity.attachments.og).length > 0 &&
         tokens[i] === activity.attachments.og.url
       ) {
-        const url = activity.attachments.og.url;
+        const url = sanitizeUrlForLinking(activity.attachments.og.url);
+
         rendered.push(
           <Text key={i} onPress={() => Linking.openURL(url)} style={styles.url}>
             {tokens[i].slice(0, 20)}
diff --git a/src/components/Card.js b/src/components/Card.js
index 35a5f194..b8929012 100644
--- a/src/components/Card.js
+++ b/src/components/Card.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { buildStylesheet } from '../styles';
 
 import _ from 'lodash';
+import { sanitizeUrlForLinking } from '../utils';
 
 /**
  * Card element
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ const Card = (props) => {
   return (
     <TouchableOpacity
       onPress={() => {
-        Linking.openURL(url);
+        Linking.openURL(sanitizeUrlForLinking(url));
       }}
       style={styles.container}
     >
diff --git a/src/components/StatusUpdateForm.js b/src/components/StatusUpdateForm.js
index 917aae5f..2d6a64a5 100644
--- a/src/components/StatusUpdateForm.js
+++ b/src/components/StatusUpdateForm.js
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ const ImageState = Object.freeze({
   UPLOAD_FAILED: Symbol('upload_failed'),
 });
 
-const urlRegex = /(https?:\/\/[^\s]+)/gi;
-
+const urlRegex = /(?:\s|^)((?:https?:\/\/)?(?:[a-z0-9-]+(?:\.[a-z0-9-]+)+)(?::[0-9]+)?(?:\/(?:[^\s]+)?)?)/g;
 class StatusUpdateForm extends React.Component {
   static defaultProps = {
     feedGroup: 'user',
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 4363cbfc..c5237dfc 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ export function humanizeTimestamp(timestamp, tDateTimeParser) {
   return time.from(now);
 }
 
+// https://reactnative.dev/docs/linking
+export const sanitizeUrlForLinking = (url) => {
+  if (!/^https?:\/\//.test(url)) {
+    url = `https://${url}`;
+  }
+
+  return url.replace(/(www\.)/, '');
+};
+
 export const smartRender = (ElementOrComponentOrLiteral, props, fallback) => {
   if (ElementOrComponentOrLiteral === undefined) {
     ElementOrComponentOrLiteral = fallback;