More than 50 subreddits ban X links to protest Musk
The cascade of link bans came after Musk made a hand gesture at a Monday rally that many compared to a Nazi salute, which many cited in their protests, among other things.
One of the largest subreddits that banned links to X is the NBA community for professional basketball, which has 15 million members. In the same post, moderators also banned links to Meta’s Instagram, Facebook and Threads, as well as any other social media platform that requires users to log in to see posts, based on feedback from community members.
“We have reached this decision after taking recent events and strong sentiment from our community into account,” the announcement post said. “While we try our best to stay neutral and apolitical, we do not believe taking a stance against Nazi symbolism is or should be a political issue. Hate speech and the promotion of it has never been tolerated in our community.”
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