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Something stinks on Canada's biggest Reddit forums

A journalist who reported on Trudeau being ambushed was banned from r/Canada, which has millions of members, for a seemingly arbitrary reason

Luke Lebrun recently broke a great story on his substack, Convoy Watch. He found out that the woman who ambushed Justin Trudeau on a B.C. ski hill recently is actually an anti-LGBTQ activist.

But after being posted to Canada’s largest Reddit forum, his article was quickly removed. When he asked why, he was given an inconsistent reason — and then he was banned.

Luke isn’t alone in noticing something weird about Canada’s biggest subreddits. CBC found odd patterns in r/Canada’s most popular posts.

It’s not just the big subreddits, either. Reporting from the St. Albert Gazette found potential Russian manipulation of small Alberta community subreddits.

I spoke to Luke about what happened to him.