Elon Musk urged Reddit’s CEO in private, Steve Huffman The penis.
The messages came after Musk publicly criticized Reddit on X, the appellant “crazy” that some lords blocked links to his platform. He also said that Reddit users advocating violence against Doge’s staff had “violated the law”.
Shortly after their exchange, Reddit imposed a prohibition of 72 hours Whitepeopletwitter Subredit, citing a “prevalence of violent content”. The Musk thread has highlighted on X was also deleted, as well as hundreds of comments, including those who have not promoted violence.
Reddit spokesperson Gina Antonini said: “We take a serious report from the violations of Reddit’s policy, whether on Reddit directly or by other public or private means. We will assess the content reported to us and take measures in the event of a violation. ” Musk did not respond to requests for comments from the penis.
The revelation of Musk’s private awareness was quickly spread among Reddit’s moderators, who discussed it in a discord. Conversation screenshots show a certain frustration expressed by the influence of Musk.
“He should not be able to influence Reddit, but if what he calls are death threats, then of course, they have to go down,” wrote a moderator. Others have expressed their concerns about its ability to put pressure on public and private platforms.
Since the acquisition of Twitter, Musk has previously restricted links to competing social media sites, including the ban on certain external URLs last month.
Although Reddit has not yet intervened in decisions led by the moderator to block X links, the incident raises questions on external influence on content moderation policies.
