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r/GreatAwakening

Banned · Violence

Ban record

Action: banned
Date: September 2018
Reason category: Violence
Subscribers: ≈54,000

QAnon — inciting violence, harassment, doxxing

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

Full banned record →Part of September 2018 QAnon Ban Wave →

Related issues

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

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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