It is not exactly the news that Luigi Mangione, the UNITHEALTHEALTHCARE CEO Brian Thompson, is accused of killing a viral sensation. He was arguing, losing, and idol. There are even calls for Dave Franco to play with him in a movie. However, in an age of the population's population, it appears that web platforms are increasingly cracked by the content associated with it, for fear that the widespread idol may be violent.
Slate Recently mentioned That some forums in Reddit have been censored for their discussion about the accused killed. A long subreddit, /r/popculturewas reported to be “closed” by the platform after its mods failed to break the Mangione's ongoing discussion. The action followed a unusual warning From the site safety team, RedditsaFety, which states that subreddits that violate content policies and that “violent content” will receive a warning.
“Today we roll a new (type of) action that implements the entire site,” read the alert, mentioned that “From now on, users who, within a certain time, have been raising many pieces of content that are prohibited from breaking our policies will begin to receive a warning.” It continues: “While it is currently 'warning,' we will consider adding additional actions on the road.”
Shortly thereafter, /r /popculture, which seemed to feature Mangione's ongoing discussions, posted a note saying that one of its moderators was suspended. “This sub was placed in restriction mode and the main mod was suspended for approved the comments mentioned 'Luigi.' It seems that 'Luigi' is also against the rules even though they have not told us.
However, as users reported that blocked or that -censor for Mangione's only aforementioned name, Reddit claimed that the suspended user allowed comments that promote for violence:
“After the publication, a Reddit spokesman wrote to Slate that” one of the R/Popculture mods was suspended for approved a large number (at least 20) comments containing direct calls for violence, including images celebrating Thomas Matthew Crooks and calling the content to kill the President. “They added that” Since the R/Popculture has only one remaining mod, we have added automod filters “to help reported posts and I -Flag” some keywords. “
It is noteworthy that /r /popculture is still available and includes a picture of Mangione's profile as Jesus, so it's not quite clear what the user meant when they said it was “closed.” However, other subreddits focused exclusively on Luigi's content have been banned in recent days. A moderator for/r/freeluigi, another popular Mangione site, told Slate: “I remember R/Luigimangione, then R/Luigimangione2, then R/Luigimangione3, and I think it went up to him, and that was banned too.”
A Cursory Perusal of Reddit shows that there are still a large number of subreddits associated with luig that work. /r/Freeluigi, which describes itself as a “community to discuss health care reform and related topics and continues to be up to date in the case involving Luigi Mangione,” is still above and there are about 37,000 followers. Another subreddit, /r /Saintluigimangione, has only 2.3 thousand followers but describes itself dedicated to “increasing class awareness” and “the reason,” whatever that means. Mangione subreddits are also available, even if they have fewer members.
The moderator of/R/FreeLuigi told Slate: “No one in R/FreeLuigi wants anyone to kill, and no one celebrates that a person dies. There are clearly some crazy people on the Internet. But an entire community of 30,000 people should not be punished for one's actions.”
Gizmodo reached the Reddit for more information.
