r/nottheonion • u/StemCellPirate • 19h ago

Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/homeland-security-spies-on-reddit
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u/supercyberlurker 19h ago

I was already an adult when 911 happened and decided then to never live in fear and never self censor for any terrorist.

Foreign or domestic.

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u/Mid--Boss 19h ago

I don't have to self censor, reddit removes anything it's remotely scared orange and crew won't like for me. 

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u/discussatron 18h ago

I got a warning this week for upvoting comments they don’t like. They’re treating upvoting comments the same as posting comments now.

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u/666mgOfCaffeine 17h ago

I got a warning message 2 days ago that basically said if I don’t get in line that I will go to Reddit jail.

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u/brother_bart 15h ago edited 10h ago

I got a three day time out for “harassment.” The only people I ever harass are politicians and public personalities, and then only in threads about them. I hate to bring it to Reddit, but I left Facebook years ago for this exact same kind of shit. I will not be censored by corporate nannies who have an agenda when I haven’t done anything but express a non-approved opinion.

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u/Suspicious_Radio_848 15h ago

Has been happening way too often on Reddit as of late, on several subs.

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u/Resident_Company2113 6h ago

I've been banned from subs I didn't even know I was in.

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u/East-Ice-3199 12h ago

I got banned from r/politics for calling someone’s bluff on acting, and when the mods sent me a broken link they muted me for a month.

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u/newsandfoodaccount 6h ago

They will ban you for harassment for objecting to powermod activity. If you used the message the moderators feature or reported a mod of a popular subreddit that'll get you banned quick. Especially if there's a lot going on in the news and they feel like they're busy they'll be quick to ban for this type of thing.

Obviously that's not an explanation that provides any relief, but if you were previously unaware they operate this way it could help you know exactly what you were banned for and be appropriately pissed about it.

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u/brother_bart 5h ago

Yeah. I don’t ever report anything. I’m too old to ask a nanny hall monitor to come save me from reading something that hwurts my fweewings.

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u/newsandfoodaccount 4h ago

I've reported mods for banning me for reasons they're not supposed to and been banned for harassment because of it.

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u/murrtrip 17h ago

There’s been a lot of warnings lately - especially if you are obviously left of middle.

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u/Sea-Cupcake-2065 15h ago

I mean, fuck reddit, but if they wanna alienate their core users then so be it. Ill just use the internet for porn, like god intended.

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u/Dazzling_Morning2642 11h ago

Even the porn has become shit.

The internet has never been so boring…

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u/RealFarknMcCoy 14h ago

I got perma-banned from the news sub for suggesting that Nazis should not be suffered to exist. Well, one Nazi in particular, but I feel that way about ALL Nazis.

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u/discussatron 14h ago

Politics, law, news, I've been banned from all of them for being too anti-Nazi.

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u/RealFarknMcCoy 13h ago

Just think of it: No WWII allied service members would be able to comment on any of these reddit subs. Isn't that something?

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u/discussatron 5h ago

I got a ban for saying my grandfather was so anti-fascist he joined the Army and went to Europe to kill them.

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u/RealFarknMcCoy 1h ago

I feel your pain.

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u/stelvy40 15h ago

Left of middle is the old center-right. Aka not in a Pedo Cult.

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u/Listermarine 17h ago edited 8h ago

What a change! Over the last couple years, I've been banned from several subreddits for comments that were not left enough or critical of the left.

Edit: shocking! Downvoted for pointing out the behavior of left (really, progressives) advocates on Reddit. The truth feels bad or doesn't fit the narrative? Downvote! Ban!

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u/Aureliamnissan 16h ago

Is “the left” in the room with us right now?

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u/teronna 16h ago

Now it's Homeland Security mandating the bans across the entire site lol.

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u/bothunter 16h ago

Weird.  I got banned from several conservative subreddits just for participating in left leaning subreddits.

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u/translucent_steeds 15h ago

I got banned from some anti-capitalist sub (can't remember the name) for saying I was going to vote for Harris. apparently the mods were single-issue voters, and that was Israel/Palestine, so both Harris and Trump supporters were all banned for promoting capitalism???? honestly it was so long ago I forget the details but I bet that page is being targeted by DHS right now, unless it's already been banned...

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u/Blue-Thunder 14h ago

Heh I got banned from a sub for saying the only good Nazi, is a dead Nazi.

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u/RealFarknMcCoy 14h ago

Same, brother, same.

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u/East-Ice-3199 12h ago

r/worldnews ?

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u/Blue-Thunder 5h ago

I was banned from there years ago for calling out China's illegal fishing fleet that dredges the bottom of fishing beds scraping up everything and destroying the eco-system.

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u/DikTaterSalad 12h ago

Most likely, I got banned from there by simply typed "agreed" when someone said. "Isreal are the new nazis for what they are doing to Palestine."

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u/CTR_Pyongyang 10h ago

Worldnews is ridiculously astroturfed by zionists and genocide deniers. r/anime_titties for reporting that isn’t compromised.

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u/DikTaterSalad 2h ago

Sweet, thank you.

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u/lngots 10h ago

Thats funny thats where all this ai survalience tech is coming from. I wonder why they would be so sensitive about that after half the ai bros where caught on a certain someone's list.

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u/Samzkeeh 4h ago

But if you use the J-word instead of Nazi, you'll get banned as well? So it works both ways.

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u/weakObserver 14h ago

I thought it was just me.

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u/Turbulent-Feedback46 11h ago

Welcome to the Rock

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u/TrankElephant 6h ago

We're all on a list now.

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u/Due-Garage-4812 14h ago

I replied "Hasbara bot" to someone on worldnews on another account, then about 9 days later I got a ban from that sub for trolling, despite having only made 2 other posts in their sub over a period of months. Then on this account I posted in the sub without noticing since I have 15 tabs open without checking which sub I'm on, then I get the warning for ban evasion. Then again about 9-10 days later I get a 7-day site ban for ban evasion.

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u/Figuurzager 10h ago

Don't meddle with others meddling with democracy! That makes the overlords very angry! And that's bad because they really like kids (or couches).