Reddit Tells Communities Threatening Elon Musk And Doge Workers To Cool Down

Reddit has seen an summation successful rule-breaking posts crossed “several communities,” and it has issued a impermanent prohibition connected 1 that featured users calling for portion against group who activity for nan Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

That community, r/WhitePeopleTwitter, was fixed a 72-hour prohibition connected Tuesday, arsenic reported by Engadget. Screenshots shared connected X show aggregate examples of nan threatening posts. Musk later reposted nan screenshots, claiming that nan users personification “broken nan law.”

In a connection connected nan subreddit, Reddit says it was banned “due to a prevalence of convulsive content” and that “inciting and glorifying portion aliases doxing” break Reddit’s rules. An unnamed Reddit admin said nan prohibition was meant to beryllium a “cooling-off period” for nan community.

Reddit too gave a afloat prohibition to a subreddit called r/IsElonDeadYet for violating rules “against posting convulsive content.” The unnamed admin said Reddit is taking steps “to guarantee each communities tin proviso a safe business for diligent conversation” successful a position connected r/RedditSafety.

“Reddit communities are places for civilian chat and are 1 of nan less places online wherever group tin reside ideas and perspectives,” nan Reddit admin narration wrote. “We want to guarantee that they proceed to beryllium a spot for diligent connection nary matter nan topic. Debate and dissent are invited connected Reddit—threats and doxing are not.”

When Reddit identifies communities “experiencing an summation successful rule-violating content,” nan institution says it will scope retired to moderators, adhd a popup to nan subreddit reminding users of Reddit’s rules, and rumor 72-hour bans erstwhile needed.

Last month, galore subreddits banned posting links to Elon Musk-owned X. In that case, Reddit said communities were free to instrumentality nan rules.