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On February 3, 2025, r/WhitePeopleTwitter was temporarily banned for 72 hours by site administrators. A Reddit spokesperson stated that the ban was due to "a prevalence of violent content", adding that "Inciting and glorifying violence or doxing are against Reddit’s platform-wide Rules."<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Bell |first=Karissa |date=2025-02-04 |title=Reddit temporarily bans r/WhitePeopleTwitter after Elon Musk claimed it had 'broken the law' |url=https://www.engadget.com/social-media/reddit-temporarily-bans-rwhitepeopletwitter-after-elon-musk-claimed-it-had-broken-the-law-212131945.html |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=[[Engadget]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last=Gerken |first=Tom |date=2025-02-05 |title=Reddit community banned as user spat with Musk intensifies |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czrlep5xpmzo |url-status=live |work=[[BBC News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250206013108/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czrlep5xpmzo|archive-date=2025-02-06}}</ref>

The ban came about after an X user, @RedditLies, posted a screenshot of comments on the subreddit about the [[Department of Government Efficiency|Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)]] and its leader, [[Elon Musk]]. The organization, which was established underat the [[second presidency of Donald Trump]]time, is a temporary organization under the [[UnitedElon States DOGE ServiceMusk]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Odisho |first=Taylor |date=2025-02-04 |title=Reddit Bans Page for 'Inciting Violence' Against DOGE Employees After Elon Musk Accuses Users of Breaking the Law |url=https://www.latintimes.com/reddit-bans-page-inciting-violence-against-doge-employees-after-elon-musk-accuses-users-574568 |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Latin Times |language=en}}</ref> The screenshot included comments such as "time to hunt", "this [[Nazism|Nazi]] stooge needs to be shot", and threats to drag the employees' bodies. Musk noticed the X post of the various comments and quoted it, stating, "They have broken the law".<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":4" />

The screenshot included comments such as "time to hunt", "this [[Nazism|Nazi]] stooge needs to be shot", and threats to drag the employees' bodies. Musk noticed the X post of the various comments and quoted it, stating, "They have broken the law".<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":4" />

At the same time, another subreddit known as r/IsElonDeadYet was permanently banned for violent content.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5" />