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It has come to our attention that the r/canadaland subreddit has been locked down by Reddit.
This forum is independent from Canadaland News. Canadaland did not submit any request or demand to Reddit, asking for the forum to be locked down, or for any Reddit account to be banned.
Recently, we were made aware of suspicious and manipulative activity in the r/canadaland subreddit, and we launched a journalistic investigation to determine if multiple highly active accounts were being controlled by one person, and if so – why? Our investigation has revealed extensive, years-long deceptive activity in violation of Reddit’s community rules, and we will be publishing as soon as we responsibly can, and once all parties involved have been given a chance to respond.
It has been alleged that an employee of Canadaland sent “phishing” emails to various media personalities from an anonymous email account, CLTipster@proton.me.
This allegation is false. Canadaland had no association or involvement with the CLTipster email account and no awareness of its actions.
For absolute clarity, our investigation into suspicious activity involved sending messages to four Reddit accounts and to one individual – Mark Bourrie.