Overview

• More than 50 subreddits, representing over 40 million members, have banned links to X, formerly Twitter, citing concerns about hate speech and political bias on the platform.
• The bans were sparked by Elon Musk's gesture at a Trump inauguration rally, which many interpreted as a Nazi salute, though Musk and the Anti-Defamation League have denied this interpretation.
• Some subreddits, including those for the NBA and Formula 1, are implementing the bans on a trial basis and allowing screenshots of X posts as a compromise.
• Moderators of these subreddits aim to encourage content creators and journalists to migrate to alternative platforms like Bluesky.
• Reddit clarified that the bans are not platform-wide but rather decisions made by individual subreddit moderators.