Some users and content on the website have been associated with
extremist ideologies. According to
Vice News in November 2019, the neo-Nazi hate group
The Base was posting recruitment propaganda on iFunny. One user, using the alias "MemeMercenary", posted QR codes to encourage users to contact the extremist group. Woodward had a large following on iFunny under the moniker "Saboteur", and often posted content that was racist, violent, or related to
white supremacy. He had drifted away from iFunny in the last year and deleted the "Saboteur" account. iFunny users turned Bernstein's death into a meme and showed support for Woodward. On August 7, 2019, 18-year-old Justin Olsen from
Boardman Township, Ohio, was arrested for making posts on iFunny under his username "ArmyofChrist" that threatened federal agents over their heavily criticized response during the 1992
Ruby Ridge standoff. His account had nearly 6k subscribers at the time of his arrest, and on it he glorified mass shootings and fantasized over a holy war between Christians and Muslims. The
FBI found over 10,000 rounds of ammunition and 25 guns at his home that he shared with his parents, all of which were legally registered in his father's name. He told authorities that the posts he made were in a joking manner. On May 28, 2020, 19-year-old Alexander Treisman was initially arrested for carrying concealed weapons and was separately indicted for possession of
child pornography, but was later discovered to have made posts on
Reddit and iFunny threatening to assassinate
Joe Biden and
Kamala Harris. In one iFunny post, he said, "Should I kill Joe Biden?". He was found in a van with four rifles, a 9mm handgun, explosive materials, and books on bomb making. Police subsequently found 6,721 images and 1,248 videos of child pornography on eight different digital devices. On March 12, 2021, 21-year-old Joshua Doctor from
Holland, Michigan, was arrested and charged with terrorism for making death threats towards Joe Biden,
Nancy Pelosi, and
Gretchen Whitmer on iFunny. In the posts, he wrote that he would "be the catalyst" for a revolution. Bomb-making instructions were found on his smartphone, according to prosecutors. According to Chief Information Officer Denis Litvinov, the post violated the platform's policies and guidelines against violence. == References ==