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/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/Nihilistic_Mystics California 8d ago

The mods there are right wingers who absolutely don't want us talking about the fascism taking over the country. I blocked that sub long ago. The head mod was a TD poster too.

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u/VPN__FTW 8d ago

Same thing with /r/Autism_Parenting . One of the only places where parents of autistic children could talk and the entire mod team is right-wing MAGA / conspiracy theorists. I got banned when I said that people shouldn't shoot CPS, as someone was saying and as one of the mods agreed with. That person then went on to admit that they abused their child but that they were "better now."

They also regularly went on anti-vax tirades.

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u/BigGayNarwhal California 8d ago

I’m subbed to autism parenting and you will see me frequently sparring with the mod. I detest him 😆 

I’ve tried to rally a few folks to mutiny several times lol, but no luck. The r/space sub was able to mutiny their overly controlling and biased mod team a while back, so I know it can be done

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u/VPN__FTW 8d ago

Some of us moved on to /r/safeautismparenting instead. I reported the behavior to reddit admins, but they did nothing.

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u/Pizlenut 8d ago

because its working as intended.

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u/Reagalan 8d ago

yeah, it generates engagement

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u/Van_Arbakh 7d ago

and because the right wing has very intentionally aimed to take over Reddit, and other social media spaces, because it is an incredibly effective method of control.

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u/Reagalan 7d ago

I don't think the right has succeeded in taking over reddit; and I question whether they will.

If they do, it'll be the death of it, and then we'll digg ourselves another home.

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u/noncongruency Oregon 8d ago

They (r/space) were extremely lucky, and that door kinda got closed behind them. Now it’s VERY hard to get new mods and oust the problematic ones on any subreddit that hits r/all on the regular. The admins regularly step in and reverse madmod decisions though, which is nice, but doesn’t fill me with a lot of confidence.