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Summary

Elon Musk privately pressured Reddit CEO Steve Huffman to address content moderation after publicly criticizing Reddit on X for banning links and allegedly hosting violent content.

Shortly after Musk’s messages, Reddit imposed a 72-hour ban on the "WhitePeopleTwitter" subreddit, citing violent content, and deleted a thread Musk highlighted.

Reddit denies external influence but acknowledges evaluating reports seriously.

The controversy stirred discussions among Reddit moderators, some mocking Musk as a "giant baby." Musk has not commented on the situation.

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[–] Cocopanda@futurology.today 1 points 1 week ago

Baby Back Bitch Musk

[–] zymagoras777@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Paywalled article, don't click link.

[–] Montreal_Metro@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Typical tiny dick energy.

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol -3 points 1 week ago (8 children)

It's total BS but it's not like the previous administration wasn't doing the same thing to a lesser degree. It's documented. It's one of 100 reasons I left Reddit 1 1/2 yrs ago. Propaganda and content manipulation sucks no matter who is pulling the strings. It goes way farther back too.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

most of the propaganda was by Russia, or did you forget that. even redditors themselves reported it. like half of the comments are fru RU, then US TO lesser degree.

[–] Haess@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just gonna tag you as 'fucking moron'..

[–] u_u@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Wait you can tag now in lemmy?

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