fakehatecrimes.org
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The purpose of this site is to compile a comprehensive database of the false reports of "hate crimes" committed (mostly) in the USA. It builds on the work of Laird Wilcox, whose Crying Wolf (PDF) is the original book on this subject. The books Hate Crime Hoax and Hate Crimes: Criminal Law & Identity Politics are recommended.

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553. Hate Crime Hoaxes / r/hatecrimehoaxes has been banned from Reddit This community was banned for violating Reddit’s rule against promoting hate. / 2020-07-09
555. The new Reddit hate crime hoax page / www.reddit.com/r/hatecrimehoaxes was banned, but now www.reddit.com/r/hoaxhatecrimes has taken its place / 2020-07-19

Details

Type of hoax: not a hoax

Date: 2020-07-09

Location: New York NY

Summary: Reddit banned the subreddit 'hatecrimehoaxes', but it has been replaced with 'hoaxhatecrimes'. Reddit claimed that it was 'promoting hate'. In fact, it was merely recording false examples of hate, just like this site does.

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