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/r/conspiracy – Reddit’s conspiracy subreddit is owned by the alt-right.

Reddit’s main conspiracy subreddit has been taken over and co-opted by the alt-right.

Russian bots on Reddit.

Two days ago, Reddit released their 2017 transparency report. In this report, they included a list of the 944 accounts that they had banned during their investigation into Russian efforts to exploit Reddit.

r/conspiracy and “the Jews.” Is r/conspiracy racist?

Is Reddit’s r/conspiracy subreddit racist?

Antisemitism on Reddit.

On Reddit, there seems to be a loud minority of people that will mock you if you even so much as mention the word “antisemitism.” More often than not, these people will repeatedly point out the fact that hating Israel is not anti-semitic. They will point this out in self-posts, submission titles and comments, even if nobody is claiming otherwise. […]

Shinnerbots

“Shinnerbots” is a relatively-new term that is regularly used to describe “overly enthusiastic” Sinn Fein supporters who visit political forums and Irish news websites such as The Journal. “Shinner” / “Shinners” is a nickname that is often given to Sinn Fein supporters, whereas the term “bot” insinuates that these Sinn Fein supporters are acting in […]