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Newsweek reports:
Elon Musk privately contacted Reddit CEO Steve Huffman to request the removal of content critical of employees at the Department of Government Efficiency, according to media reports on Thursday. Musk takes the reputation of the agency and its employees, many of whom he handpicked, very seriously. He has repeatedly defended them online and accused critics of “doxxing” (revealing private information online) them.
According to a report from The Verge, Musk’s complaint to Huffman came after he had publicly accused Reddit users of breaking laws by posting about DOGE employees. Musk had earlier criticized the content publicly on X, the platform he owns, describing user comments targeting DOGE staffers as having “broken the law”. The Reddit thread referenced in his post was deleted shortly after his message to Huffman.
Read the full article. The Verge report is behind a paywall.
A troubling pattern is emerging. As if Elon Musk didn’t already have enough power, he pressured Reddit’s CEO to censor content he didn’t like—pressure we hope Reddit will resist in the future.
— Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Musk ‘Pressured’ Reddit CEO to Silence DOGE Critics, Leaving Moderators Outraged: Report
www.latintimes.com/musk-pressur…
— Federal Employee News (@fednews.bsky.social) March 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Elon Musk recently called out Reddit users for banning links to X and threatening DOGE staffers
Turns out he was also texting Reddit’s CEO www.theverge.com/command-line…
— Alex Heath (@alexeheath.com) March 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Elon Musk ‘pressured’ Reddit CEO to remove DOGE posts
— The Independent (@the-independent.com) March 28, 2025 at 7:51 AM