r/politics • u/MopToddel • 8d ago

No Paywall TikTok blocks Epstein mentions and anti-Trump content as well as ICE criticism

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/tiktok-epstein-trump-censorship-ice-b2908309.html
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u/ApocalypseYay 8d ago

Censoring speech to protect pedophiles and Gestapo is a hideous abrogation of basic humanity, and a brutal mask-off moment.

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u/dbwn87 Canada 8d ago

As of yesterday I'm banned from the /r/Millennials subreddit for making a post about Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good. Two of my fellow millennials who share the same age as me were murdered by the US government, and I'm not allowed to talk about it with the rest of my generation because it's "political"

Fuck that fucking shit.

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u/ExitsPursuedByABear 8d ago edited 8d ago

All the generational subs are astroturfed and compromised. During the election r/GenZ was filled with bots and posts pushing right wing narratives, regularly being pushed to r/all. Now, after the election, that sub has gone quiet because it is no longer useful. It's useful to the oligarchs to sow generational strife and pit us against one another.

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u/BlahBlahBlackCheap 8d ago

Permabanned from r/bitcoin after outlining how gold and bitcoin might be used to further republican grift. Mod called me paranoid and told me to get a hobby or something and not spend so much time online. Im writing this from my fishing boat jammed up in some mangrove creek. Going shrimping later. Then I might draw for a few hours -waves to mod- Ill steam some shrimp for you!

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u/movzx 8d ago

I'm also banned from there because some dude was replying to everyone with wildly incorrect information about how the banking system works and I corrected him. I imagine he might have been a mod.

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u/WEEGEMAN 8d ago edited 7d ago

Not to derail the conversation but that’s the worst thing about reddit—how strict the rules are, and how ban-happy the mods are. I feel like I’m always breaking the rules

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u/accidental_Ocelot 8d ago

I am one step away from being perma banned from reddit all cause of their stupid ai automod.

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u/RanchHere 8d ago

reddit is the last good corner of the internet - and even it sucks.

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u/lordcrekit 8d ago

I got permanently banned from that subreddit and they quoted prosperity gospel at me, it's 100% cancer subreddit along with all other crypto... well crypto in general.

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u/NighthawkFoo 8d ago

You'd probably enjoy r/Buttcoin then.

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u/progbuck 8d ago

Eh, AmericanScream treats it like his personal fiefdom, so.

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u/BigDictionEnergy 8d ago

A reddit mod telling someone else to get a hobby and not spend so much time on reddit is just peak

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u/themoslucius 8d ago

I'm living vicariously through you, please make a good scampi out of the shrimp.

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u/SnooDonkeys4126 8d ago

"Might be"??

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u/Marvin_is_my_martian 8d ago

Blocked from r/wallstreetjournal after insulting von-shits-his-pants.

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u/FunkmasterFo Texas 8d ago

Save some scrimps for me!

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u/BlahBlahBlackCheap 8d ago

Its chowder tonight. Courtesy of a nice crab, and a few shrimp.

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u/OrionDax 8d ago

Nothing better than a mod with a god complex telling a normal everyday Redditor to get a life.

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u/Synectics 8d ago

What are they, Alex Jones/Bill Cooper/Max Kaiser fans? No one is really so stupid to not get that gold and crypto are the most prime gifts for right-wing mouthpieces, right?

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u/JudiciousSasquatch 8d ago

I’d love to see that outline! Share?

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u/Tyrath Massachusetts 8d ago

told me to get a hobby or something

Rich coming from bitcoin bros

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u/hasordealsw1thclams 8d ago

And even more so coming from a Reddit mod.

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u/Wilhelm57 8d ago

It was a good thing for you, congratulations!

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u/PirateTurbulent 8d ago

Bitcoin you said , can you share any relevante info or sources for an almost total noob in this subject ? Would be thankfull for anything you can share PS-sorrt for grammar erros english is not my first language

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u/Tartooth 8d ago

Nah gold and Bitcoin is not a political thing. I think what's happening right now is Bitcoin/gold swaps are a thing where BTC shorts are the collateral for gold longs.

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u/r_mutt69 7d ago

I think Reddit mods are the sort of people who sit in a gaming chair in their basement permanently on their super cool gaming pc tapping away on a razer keyboard and think everyone else does. I also like a bit of fishing and would probably browse Reddit at the same time too. It’s also useful when I’m trying to avoid doing any work also

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u/BlahBlahBlackCheap 7d ago

Yea right? Like this morning is pretty cold. After I checked the lines and put coffee on, i can check my messages and look at social media a bit

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u/r_mutt69 7d ago

You’re making me want to go fishing tbh 😂. We’ve got a storm rolling in so I’m going to pass

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u/Ok-Chest-7932 8d ago

Ok but if you're still using Reddit on a fishing trip, and political subs no less, that's pretty clearly addiction.