Following the inauguration, many people went on social media to find that they were following the new president.
Some Reddit communities ban links to X
Since Tuesday, hundreds of subreddits have discussed and/or implemented bans against the site formerly called Twitter, as reported by 404 Media. Dozens of subreddits have already agreed to disallow the sharing of any links to X, with moderators (volunteer Reddit users) agreeing to enforce the bans.
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Instagram blocked searches related to a number of political hashtags, including #democrats, #democrat, #jan6th, #republicans and a number of other terms Tuesday. Users who searched for these hashtags were instead greeted with a notice that “we’ve hidden these results" because they "may contain sensitive content.
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Some Reddit forums have moved to ban links from X, formerly known as Twitter, after Elon Musk's gesture at an inaugural event on Monday.
After a movement spread across a number of sports communities on Reddit Tuesday, two of the social media site’s largest sports-focused communities have banned users from creating posts that link to X (formerly Twitter).
Major Reddit sports communities are considering banning posts from the social media platform X (formerly Twitter).
Reddit communities with millions of subscribers lead charge as social media landscape faces period of unprecedented turbulence
Hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as president on Monday, some Instagram and Facebook users started noticing that their accounts were suddenly following Pages associated with the new president, first lady Melania Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
Meta is facing accusations of political bias after Democrat-related hashtags were hidden on its Instagram app following Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration Monday.