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r/GreatAwakening

Banned · September 2018 · ≈54,000 subscribers

Reason

QAnon — inciting violence, harassment, doxxing

Context

Largest QAnon hub; lead community in the Sept 12, 2018 sweep.

Ban wave

Part of the September 2018 QAnon Ban Wave.

Related issue

Reddit Bans r/GreatAwakening and the QAnon Subreddits (September 2018)

Sources

01
Washington Post — Reddit bans r/greatawakening
News2018
02
Slate — Reddit Just Banned a Bunch of the Message Boards Where the QAnon Conspiracy Theory Festers
News2018