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r/GreatApes

Banned · August 2015

Reason

Anti-Black racist hate speech (origin of the 'Chimpire')

Context

Spawned the ~46-sub Chimpire network documented by the SPLC.

Ban wave

Part of the August 2015 CoonTown / 'Chimpire' Content-Policy Purge.

Related issue

The 'Chimpire' network of racist subreddits (SPLC, 2013–2015)

Sources

01
SPLC — Black Hole (Intelligence Report 2015)
News2015
02
Salon (SPLC): The darkest corner of the Internet: How Reddit became a haven for vile hate speech
News2015