The tech billionaire had complained that some Reddit users were advocating violence against his staff.

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.

  • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldM
    172·
    8 hours ago

    We need anyone who is still on Reddit or has an old account to get over there and let folks know that there is a great community here and we would welcome them!

      • Tyfud@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 hour ago

        Different servers have different rules and federation lets them enforce it in a fully distributed and discrete way.

        This is how the internet should work. Think of each host as a BBS forum, each one has its own rules. Don’t like it? Go to the other.

        The nice thing about the Fediverse, is that you’re not locked in to one server/set of rules.

      • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldM
        141·
        6 hours ago

        That’s why we should be conscientious about directing communities to an appropriate instance. If they want to post about political violence, there’s a place for that.

        If they are LGBT, particularly trans, then blahaj is particularly well suited for example.

        Just because I happen to be on .world doesn’t mean I necessarily think it’s the best place for every community. I would have to be pretty stupid to come to the Fediverse and oppose Federation.

      • Kichae@lemmy.caEnglish
        17·
        8 hours ago

        There is no “here” here. They’re being removed on some websites, and not on others.

        • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldM
          101·
          6 hours ago

          That’s exactly right. Different instances will be more sensitive to different issues, but hopefully that means there’s a place for everything.

          There are instances where posting guillotines will be removed and there are instances where that’s permitted but pictures of Winnie the Pooh might be removed.

          If people want to talk about anti-authoritarian violence, there is lemmygrad, etc.

          I’m more concerned with the fact that a lot of reddit LGBT and particularly trans communities were banned. That could never happen on blahaj.