Reddit communities ban X links in response to Elon Musk's 'Nazi-style salute'
Dozens of Reddit communities have banned links to social network X following the inauguration of Donald Trump, during which Elon Musk made a controversial gesture which some have compared to a “Nazi-style salute”.
Many of Reddit’s most popular subreddits are among those to have banned X links, including r/NBA (15 million), r/formula1 (4.8 million), r/nintendo (2.8 million), r/comics (2.8 million) and r/disneyland (1.2 million).
Some have put the question to their members, posting polls as to whether X links should be banned, while others have had the decision made by their moderation teams.
“X has become increasingly hateful, toxic and less and less moderated. This has, in turn, made us less comfortable with letting our subreddit link it to other people. Not to mention the distasteful things Elon Musk has done recently,” an /r/pcgaming moderator wrote in a Reddit post announcing that community’s blacklisting.
“While we try our best to stay neutral and apolitical, we do not believe taking a stance against Nazi symbolism is or should be a political issue. Hate speech and the promotion of it has never been tolerated in our community,” reads the announcement post from the NBA subreddit.
More than 100 subreddits have made the move.
What are some of the Subreddits which have banned X links:
AFCBournemouth
AmongUs
Amsterdam
Antiwork
Arizona
Berkeley
BG3Builds
Bobdylan
Calamitymod
Casualnintendo
Childfree
Comicbookmovies
Comics
Destiny
Discoelysium
Discworld
Disneyland
Dndnext
Dragonage
Formula1
Georgia
Greenday
Guildwars2
Hozier
Ironmaiden
Kingdomhearts
Law
LiverpoolFC
Military
Massachusetts
Monsterhunter
NBA
Newjersey
NFL
Nintendo
NYYankees
Onednd
Onepiece
PCgaming
Poirot
Rupaulsdragrace
SaintsFC
Ska
Steamdeck
Spiderman
Streetfighter
Taylorswift
Therapists
Ultraman
Warhammer
Wow
Xenoblade_Chronicles
XMen
Other large communities including r/dnd are currently holding polls or conversations about instating a ban.
Support for users is not solely rooted in the actions of X’s owner, but also in that the social network requires a login to see posts.
"The radical leftists are really upset that they had to take time out of their busy day praising Hamas to call me a Nazi,” Musk tweeted, in response to accusations he made the Nazi gesture.
He has previously proclaimed support for Germany’s AfD, a political party recognised as a far-right extremist group in the German state of Saxony, after its appeal was rejected by the Saxon Higher Administrative Court in January 2025.
Musk has also claimed he will fund legal support for Tommy Robinson, the right-far activist and EDL co-founder jailed for contempt of court in 2024, as reported by The i Paper.
