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The Reddit community was banned with Musk’s condensation with Musk


Tom Jerkin

Technology correspondent

Getty Images Elon Musk wears a sharp black suit and tieGety pictures

Reddit temporarily banned one of her societies – and she removed another – after the owner of the X Elon Musk claimed the comments made by the site’s users about his employees, they were dividing the law.

R/Whitepepletwitter subreddit, which usually calls for the participation of funny posts from X, was banned for 72 hours after some users have published comments calling for violence against members of the Ministry of Government Efficiency led by Musk (DOGE).

They were responding to the reports that some doge employees proposed Access to sensitive personal information was given Millions of Americans.

Musk – who often slows down its commitment to freedom of expression – shared a post on X containing comments, and stated: “They broke the law.”

Subreddit was banned shortly after that.

Redit refused to comment, but he ordered the BBC to a public publication he did after the ban.

“During the past few days, we have seen an increase in content in many societies that violate the rules of Reddit,” says the publication.

“The discussion and the opposition are welcome in Reddit – threats and avoiding is not.”

Musk has already criticized the legal measures taken against people to express online comments.

In 2024, he responded to a video of someone who was alleged that he was arrested due to offensive comments via the Internet through the question, “Is this Britain or the Soviet Union?”

Tensions grow

Tensions have escalated between billionaire and Reddit users in recent weeks, and then Prevents more than 100 sub -users to post links to X In protest against the controversial Musk arm gesture in a gathering celebrating the return of Donald Trump to his post.

The billionaire extended twice his arm directly, as he thanked the crowd for “achieving this” – critics, including some historians, said it was a Nazi greeting, while Musk refused, saying that the comparisons with Hitler were “tired” and “dirty tricks”.

Getty photos Elon Musk in a march in front of the microphone. His right arm is raised at an angle of 45 degrees to his body, with his hand comfort and indicates below.Gety pictures

Musk’s gesture caused criticism online

Supervisors of R/Whitepepletwitter subreddit removed several violating comments after publishing them, but this was not enough to prevent a temporary ban.

Any attempt to reach Subreddit is now a message that she reads “temporarily banned due to the spread of violent content.”

“Inciting, glorifying violence, or overcoming the Reddit bases at the platform level,” she says, adding that subreddit will reopen it within 72 hours.

Reddit also took action for the Subreditit version entitled R/Iselondyet – where the user published nearly a day that Musk did not die – with a permanent ban.

Prohibition and threats

The participants came in response to the movements made by Dog – not a government ministry, but a team within the administration.

The team was given a job Radical reduction Federal government organization and spending.

The American media reported that the Trump administration gave Mossk deputies access to the federal payment system that controls the flow of trillion dollars in government funds every year.

This has led to a violent reaction online as people criticize the decision and the names of the DOGE employees concerned with public participation.

But the action taken by Redit may not be linked only to Musk comments.

On Monday, Trump’s public prosecutor said that the FBI was investigating “targeting” Doug employees.

“Our initial review of the evidence provided to us indicates that some individuals and/or groups have committed actions that seem to violate the law in targeting Doug’s employees,” said Edward Martin, USA lawyer in Colombia County.

In a message to Musk posted on X, Mr. Martin said that “he will not tolerate threats against workers or the law is broken by the disorganized.”

“Any threats, confrontations, or other procedures in any way that affects their work may destroy many laws,” he wrote.

“We will follow any legal procedures against anyone who hinders your work or threatens your people.”

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