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Reddit community banned as user spat with Musk intensifies


The tech billionaire had complained that some Reddit users were advocating violence against his staff.

The billionaire twice extended his arm out straight as he thanked the crowd for "making it happen" - critics, including some historians, said it was a Nazi salute, while Musk dismissed that, saying comparisons with Hitler were "tired" and "dirty tricks". US media has reported the Trump administration gave Musk's deputies access to the federal payments system that controls the flow of trillions of dollars in government funds every year. "Our initial review of the evidence presented to us indicates that certain individuals and/or groups have committed acts that appear to violate the law in targeting Doge employees," said United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Edward Martin.

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