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r/refusenewnormal

Banned · 2021

Reason

Circumventing the quarantine of a COVID-misinformation community

Context

Ban-evasion offshoot created after r/NoNewNormal was quarantined.

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Wikipedia — Controversial Reddit communities
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Vice — Reddit Quarantines AntiMask Antivax Subreddit (names r/refusenewnormal as ban-evasion)
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