An unending stream of racist posts, likely coming from ‘sockpuppet’ American accounts, has overwhelmed the moderators of the Reddit Ireland page, prompting a nightly shutdown to allow everyone to get some rest.
Moderators of the popular page, which has over 280,000 members, said they have reached “breaking point” after floods of racist content was posted in recent days. In a bid to “stem the flow” of racist material, they have decided to shut the page between midnight and 8am Irish time every day.
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