Posted on 02/05/2025 7:44:59 AM PST by RandFan
Reddit has temporarily banned one of its communities - and removed another - after X owner Elon Musk claimed comments made by the site's users about his employees were breaking the law.
The r/WhitePeopleTwitter subreddit, which typically invites people to share funny posts from X, has been banned for 72 hours after some users posted comments calling for violence against members of the Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (Doge).
They were responding to reports which suggested some Doge staff have been granted access to sensitive personal information of millions of Americans.
Musk - who frequently champions his commitment to free speech - shared a post on X containing the comments, and stated: "they have broken the law".
The subreddit was banned soon afterwards.
Reddit declined to comment, but directed the BBC to a public post it had made following the ban.
"Over the last few days, we've seen an increase in content in several communities that violate Reddit Rules," the post reads.
"Debate and dissent are welcome on Reddit - threats and doxing are not."
Musk has previously criticised legal action being taken against people for making comments online.
In 2024, he responded to a video of a person purportedly being arrested for offensive comments online by asking "is this Britain or the Soviet Union?".
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Reddit is full of insensitive pansies. I went on an ask enforcement community last week, and asked officers of small town and village departments what they thought about potentially consolidating with their county sheriff department to save the taxpayers money and have more resources available, and I was banned.
Reddit, on average, is young and liberal. You really need to pick and choose there.
Its a cesspool. Almost every subreddit is infested with libtards.
Calling for his death is a “spat”?
Bluesky needs to do the same thing, asap.
There is a great deal of violent language on it right now, detailed threats against the DOGEs.
“Your speech is violence, our violence is speech.”
BTTT
Can see why the BBC is not a fan of Musk.
The Cuban cigar subreddit is fine.
Lol.
Yep. Also, a couple months ago I created a membership on bluesky and instantly it was far more active than my X account. But a funny thing happened. I was blocked by a dozen or so people simply for politely disagreeing. Now it’s quieter than X. And one of them even showed a list of lists called clearsky of “blockers” and “the blocked”. They showed a version for my particular ID and I’m already on a LOT of lists.
This is it, BTW (not my specific list): https://clearsky.app/
Also, I’ve been a member there since 11/20 and I’ve been blocked by ~530 snowflakes.🤣
Does this mean that USAID employees had access to sensitive personal information of millions of Americans?
“We gotta keep our phoney baloney jobs, Gentlemen!”
I’ve got an account but never, ever talk politics only here do I have that release. Same deal with X. What’s the point just talk here otherwise you end up arguing
Reddit is virtually end to end violence posts now. By leftists of course.
The author conflates free speech with threats of violence.
Yes I noticed that to try and take a jab at Musk
One is against the law - even online.
Go to r/Conservative
I found out when first volunteering and later being a UN staff member, there is a whole consortium of international aid departments. This graph list many of them. What are their agenda? Are they also corrupt?
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