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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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[–] faberyayo@lemm.ee 260 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

Wasn't Elon Musk the self-proclaimed "free speech absolutist"? Turns out it was the "free speech abolitionist" after all.

[–] Sibshops@lemm.ee 90 points 11 months ago

It means Elon gets free speech, not any of us. Elon is free to threaten a Judges daughter with no ramifications.

[–] Steve@communick.news 82 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

The extreme right wing in the US, has always had things they claim to revere, but don't actually believe in.

  • Free Speech
  • Free Markets
  • Democracy
  • The Constitution

Probably more

[–] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 54 points 11 months ago
  • families
  • children's safety
  • voting rights
  • the economy
  • the well-being of working class people
  • peace
  • morality
  • women's safety
  • corruption
  • technology
  • infrastructure
  • religion, in that it is only a tool to further their ends and they will interpret religious scripture at their own discretion and opinion
  • education
  • healthcare

There's only two things they do care about, capital and power. They are white supremacists and Christian nationalists second, capitalists and oligarchs first.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's about power. They can lie and get away with it, they can break rules and get away with it.

Everything they do should be viewed through the lens of power relations and control through power. They will say whatever is worthwhile for them to say to gain more power. That's it, that's all, that's all it's ever been. Calling them hypocrites does nothing, they love that we get mad about it. Because it means they have power over us.

To quote a rando from (retch) reddit:

There’s a russian adage about people dumbfounded by how people will baldfaced lie obvious falsehoods: They don’t lie to deceive you, they lie to INSULT you: it’s a statement “I can insult you this way and you can’t do anything about it”

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Pro-"life" (actually just pro-"birth")

[–] FourWaveforms@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

They call themselves conservatives, but they're radicals (the polar opposite) through and through.

[–] axh@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Apparently free speech absolutist means "absolutely no free speech" according to fElon.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Technically true /s

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Anyone who says they are a "free speech absolutist" is a liar or a fool.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

its the same people whoa re anti-woke, they are the wokest people out there.

[–] Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

It still blows my mind that he has this reputation. His OWN damn policy was and still is "Freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach." Which is blatantly censorship and suppression lol. I cannot grasp how someone could see that and be like "free speech is back!!!!"

[–] Vandraren@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Elon is a pussy afraid of words like the rest of the Maga crowd.