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.

  • TheObviousSolution@kbin.melroy.org
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    7 小时前

    Saw a thread locked in subreddit drama, but that has basically been it. Honestly, out of all the bullshit reddit has done, this is not it. The people were very clearly doxxing and fodder at that. I almost suspect this was planted, the people targeted were meaningless pawns who could have easily been replaced by any one of Musk’s sycophants. If people want to throw punches, aim for the king.

    • FiremanEdsRevenge@lemmy.world
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      6 小时前

      Who fucking cares. Quit defending traitors they deserve everything that comes to them. Don’t want to get doxxed? Then stop committing high treason.