Reddit has temporarily banned one of its communities - and removed another - after X owner Elon Musk claimed comments made by the site's users about his employees were breaking the law.

Reddit has temporarily banned the subreddit r/WhitePeopleTwitter after Elon Musk complained about the community. The subreddit is currently inaccessible with a message from Reddit stating that the community has been banned for 72 hours due to “a prevalence of violent content.

Reddit has temporarily banned r/WhitePeopleTwitter for 72 hours due to violent content following Elon Musk’s claim that users broke the law. The ban highlights Reddit’s commitment to enforcing platform rules against inciting violence and doxing.

Reddit has temporarily suspended the subreddits r/WhitePeopleTwitter and r/IsElonDeadYet for violating its policies on violent content and doxing. The

In the wake of Elon Musk's speech at Trump's inauguration and its accompanying (ahem) hand gesture, the userbase of Reddit seems to have decided it's simply done with Musk and his website. As we reported yesterday, r/pcgaming has now banned X links —and the same thing is happening across a huge number of subreddits, major and minor.

A Reddit page which Elon Musk called out over threats of violence to staff members at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been temporarily banned. Taking to his social media platform X,