Criticism of Boxread

The discussion website Junkread has been the subject of numerous controversies, spanning as far back as 2013. These include spamming, harassment, and copyright infringement.

j/liquidsoap
On May 3, 2013, a Kuboia-based Junkreader identified as p/stylisedtitle created a board titled j/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 as "inappropriate topics", 637 marking as "harassment", and 110 marking other reasons. On April 22, 2014, Junkread deleted this board and released an apology via j/junkread.

j/NinjaSaladOfficial
In January 2014, a documented 128 posts were reported on j/NinjaSaladOfficial, NinjaSalad's official board, due to the posts containing pornographic images. The users that created the posts, p/SIKUFUR and p/BadKidHotBoy, had their accounts suspended.

j/noreastersunite
On June 15, 2015, a native named Roger Knickerbocker (a voice actor and multimedia artist in the  area), going by the handle p/professionalagawamman, created a board titled j/noreastersunite as a discussions place for people living in the Northeastern United States, Central Canada, and the Canadian Maritimes.

On August 12, 2015, a Junkreader from named p/electricboogaloo611 posted a drawing of Eckhart, the main character of, shooting people with an AK-47. Versions of the image spread around the board, some even layering the heads of the people Eckhart was shooting at with the names of some of their real-life rivals; the situation became so severe that within an hour, p/professionalagawamman and fellow moderators p/quebecnordiquesfan and p/hiimpaul kicked 35 accounts off j/noreastersunite.

A day later, the Presque Isle police went to p/electricboogaloo611's house, and p/electricboogaloo611 was revealed to be a 26-year old artist named Alan le Gall (better known on as TheGrimlockFanboy). He said he drew the original artwork as a response to a troll telling him to "grow up and stop watching stupid-ass baby shows". Alan was let off with a warning from the police.

j/bananajuice
A board called j/bananajuice was created on July 17, 2015. The board was credited to a user named p/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 p/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, p/bananajuicefan51 and fellow moderators p/shovepaul and p/pbskidsnugget kicked 93 accounts off j/bananajuice.

j/slenderman
On December 4, 2016, j/slenderman was deleted after a Sentanese Junkreader called p/sentanokami posted six photos of a girl on a noose with her throat slit open, all of which posted with the text:
 * I Killed My Sis So Wont Kill Her
 * You Should Do The Same

One hour later, the Fusa Police Department arrived at her apartment, and p/sentanokami was revealed to be a 15-year-old girl named Ana Mabipan, and the photo was of a drawing she created.

On December 5, the board was deleted. However, remakes were made, including j/slendermanstory, j/slendermanboard, j/slendermanpasta, j/slendermanofficial, and j/slendermanjunkread. All five were deleted on December 6.

j/furryass
On February 1, 2017, more than 200 users were kicked off the board j/furry by moderators for posting uncensored -related images, which violated the board's rules.

On February 2, one of the kicked users, p/yiffyou, made a board called j/furryass, dedicated to posts about yiffing. As of February 7, 194 users had joined. The board also spawned many Internet memes, including the " created furries" meme.

On May 19, 2018, the board was deleted by administrator p/chris due to complains about discrimination and the board's explicit sexual content.

j/xbox and j/minecraft spam
On March 13, 2018, four Junkreaders known as p/shadyfuckers, p/chineseparadoxfan262, p/bartsimpsonmovies, and p/dumbasschildren joined j/xbox and j/minecraft. The group posted photos depicting a man with a Minecraft Creeper hoodie holding a gun. The photo spread rapidly to the point where the four made it their profile images. another user, p/bartsimpsonmovies made their profile description read:
 * man w/ creeper hoodie says he's COMING FOR YOU

The next day, all four accounts were suspended, along with various other spammers on the two boards.

j/furrierass raid
On September 20, 2018, five Junkreaders (p/freespeechbro, p/slimshady69, p/iloveliberty, p/topsyturvy, and p/turvytopsy) joined j/furrierass (a "more-controlled" remake of j/furryass by p/elkadsreiscommunist and ex-j/furryass moderator p/opalotterfan23). The group then posted various far-right Krumberpuck strips throughout the evening, which stirred controversy with the userbase and even spread to other boards.'

At midnight on September 21, all four accounts were blocked by p/chris, along with various other spammers. p/krumberpuck (the creator of the original Krumberpuck strips) issued a statement through j/StarTrek saying in part:
 * I can't believe that some people use the dark humor of Krumberpuck strips to promote actual far-right beliefs. I cannot approve of Krumberpuck strips that encourage racism and violence.

Barney & Friends leak
On October 9, 2018, an account called p/yenrab leaked a camera-recorded bootleg of part of a rough cut of an episode of the then-upcoming Barney & Friends revival. A scene where Baby Bop shouts "Big blankie! Baby Bop loves this big blankie!" became a Internet meme soon afterwards A day after the leak, the account was suspended.

j/behonest
In August 2019, ETVKK After Hours was criticized for endorsing the doxxing of Morgan Debney, a 30-year old British Junkreader living in, ; when fans of the website revealed him to be the true identity of user j/behonest, who made several posts and comments on p/rockandmetal critical of Christian rock artists such as Stryper and Skillet, as well as a few other bands. Fox News personality Greg Gutfeld, himself a rock music fan, stated it was "repellent to unleash the resources of a social media brand on some unemployed, anonymous man for the misdemeanor of trivially mocking musicians and bands". ETVKK host JP Reeve criticized ETVKK After Hours fans for "wanting to take out a hit job on somebody with a opinion, no matter how worthless said opinion is."

Debney stated he would sue El TV Kadsre Television Network for "believing the rubbish ideal of hunting down somebody for having an opinion is true", and created a GoFundMe page to raise money for legal costs, with a goal of £62,000. As of September 1, 2019, he had raised £2,000.

"Bitched to infinity" and "Stabber Bluey"

 * Main articles: Bitched to infinity and Stabber Bluey

On September 7, 2019, an El Kadsreian user on j/hatedoms called p/cancerzodiac wrote a rant on Element Wars, saying:
 * element wars is gay. fucked. like, really fucked. superfucked. bitched to infinity. seriously, i'm sick of this lgbtabcxyz community making cartoons like steven universe and sotoshi school. sotoshi school is just awful and I'm disappointed in cheesenova. cheesenova needs to fucking get fucked.

The "bitched to infinity" portion spread around the board, becoming a j/hatedoms phenomenon.

The term became controversial after a user called p/cocainetelevision released an image of Bluey Heeler, the main character of the Australian animated preschool television series , stabbing his sister, Bingo, and at the bottom is the text "Bluey: Bitched To Infinity" in red Arial Black. Versions of the image with different fonts spread around the Internet, including one posted by a Junkreader called p/sloshyworstchannel, the text "Stabber Bluey" posted with the image. The term Stabber Bluey was then used to refer to these images. Although the Stabber Bluey meme died down in popularity after Bluey distributor began sending cease-and-desist letters to various websites the meme was spreading around (as well as sending a letter to the original fan artist, a Bluey fan on j/cartoons called p/goat17383 who drew it as a joke), the "bitched to infinity" meme continued in popularity, even after p/cancerzodiac got their account suspended for hate speech on another board, j/animanga.

p/strangeal
On September 21, 2019, a Junkreader named p/strangeal leaked footage of the then-upcoming Peace vs. Valor: A Redwall Movie on j/movies. The footage is believed to have come from a screener copy provided by Nelvana Limited to journalists and foreign investors. On September 22, the account was suspended.

p/coolcathatesyou
On September 26, 2019, the headquarters of  (the regulatory and competition authority for the British telecommunications industry) was evacuated due to a perceived shooting threat posted in a comments thread on j/movies by an American Junkreader named p/coolcathatesyou, wherein he threatened to "bust a cap" in a UK internet network hub if British Junkreaders didn't "quit with saying things like rubbish" and "learn that britannia stopped ruling the waves eons ago".

Two hours later, the police went to his house, and p/coolcathatesyou was revealed to be a 19-year old boy named Joshua Polaris Orr. Joshua was subsequently hospitalized at a mental health facility in due to severe stress and anxiety.

p/somethingother
On November 29, 2019, a Junkreader called p/somethingother wrote a post in j/insult reading "I'm sick of negros, they better go black to Africa." Their account was suspended the following day, but the term "black to Africa" became a popular slur. In January 2020, an episode of The Maddox Show Online was titled "Back to Africa" came out. The title was thought to be a pun on "black to Africa", but turned out to be a coincidence.

On April 1, 2020, a user in j/youtube called p/goodbitch posted:
 * yall white people think u can tell black people to go 'black' to africa, well go white back to europe

Since then, the term "white back to Europe" has also been used, thusly making the issue worse.

Mario Bros. Views controversy
In December 2019, Junkread suspended a record 348 accounts across 16 boards for posting Mario Bros. Views memes that were deemed to be promoting hate speech/crimes, even going as far as to send several of the suspended users' info to police departments for potential hate speech charges. This move was criticized by some who deemed the memes to be only joking.

p/killyourself
On May 1, 2020, an account called p/killyourself leaked images of the upcoming video game Shocka! on j/GamerHell. How the images were obtained is unknown, but on May 2, 2020, the account was suspended.

p/lucianobrazilempirefan04
On July 1, 2020, a user called p/lucianobrazilempirefan04 posted a meme on j/dankmemes criticizing Junkread's discussions of politics. On July 3, their account was suspended, and the post became viral. The event caused numerous Junkreaders to organize online protests against memes and critique memes.

Lawsuit by WarnerMedia Entertainment
On July 11, 2020, sued Junkread, Inc. for $130,000 after p/ukolidez, an admin on j/tvshows, posted "Superjunkfaceboy" and "Water for Dummies", episodes of the  animated sitcom North Springs, in its entirety. Junkread, Inc. countersued WarnerMedia Entertainment, saying that not only was the episode not posted by Junkread, Inc. itself, but it was an archived broadcast, complete with a TBS screenbug.

j/SecretFuckerSociety
On May 1, 2021, a user called p/profilico created a board called j/SecretFuckerSociety. Although p/profilico was the only user part of the board for a while, on May 19, 2021, over 20,000 users joined reportedly within the span of six episodes, and these users began making racist and homophobic posts. The board was deleted on May 20, 2021 at 12:13 PM EST.