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Users coming here from reddit might know that the main canada subreddit and offshoots such as metacanada and canada_sub are havens for the far-right. I'm concerned that as Lemmy.ca is growing, a small number of far-right posters might be able to influence the culture that Lemmy.ca develops.

Namely, a transphobic user shared a transphobic conspiracy theory from a far right disinformation outlet yesterday. Their post history has enough disinformation links that they should be getting paid for it:

Here is my proposal:

  • This user is breaking 3 of the 4 rules posted in the sidebar (no transphobia, be respectful, no spamming.) Ban the user from lemmy.ca.
  • Add far-right disinformation outlets to a domain blocklist. If Lemmy doesn't support this feature yet, post those domains in the sidebar and ban users who submit links to them.
  • Make it clear that bigotry and intolerance is 100% instantly bannable.

Thanks for reading this, I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

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