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- technology@lemmy.world
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- technology@lemmy.world
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.
No wonder with how shite Reddit has been the last few months.
since NOV 5 you mean. the multiple ban waves was quite noticeable. while they were banning RU troll farms, and rw trolls, but it wasnt enough, since alot of normal people got hit with egregerious bans. it tells us the propaganda trolls make up the majority of comments on most subs.