Criticism of Boxread

The discussion website Junkread has been the subject of numerous controversies.

jr-liquidsoap
On May 3, 2013, a Kuboia-based Junkreader identified as at-stylisedtitle created a board titled jr-liquidsoap. Despite reaching 1.1 million subscribers, the board was criticized due to its discussions of controversial topics, including Nazis, neo-Nazis, and racial stereotypes; according to Shut Up News the board was reported 1,286 times, with 539 reports marking "inappropriate topics", 637 marking "harrassment", and 110 marking other reasons.

jr-bananajuice
A board called jr-bananajuice was created on July 17, 2015. The board was credited to a user named at-bananajuicefan51 from the Canada. The board was originally created to be about the BANANAjuice YouTube channel created by Douglas "DigDoug" Apicolez and its podcast, All Juiced Up: The BANANAjuice Podcast.

On January 3, 2016, a user called at-hokujia posted three Krumberpuck strips on the board. A screenshot of it, taken by a user on called TrumpSucks323, went viral, with more users joining the server to post Krumberpuck strips; the situation became so severe that within an hour, at-bananajuicefan51 and fellow moderators at-shovepaul and at-pbskidsnugget kicked 93 accounts off jr-bananajuice.

jr-furryass
On February 1, 2017, more than 169 users were kicked off the board jr-furry for posted -related images, which violated the board's rules.