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And has been since she got laptop privileges back.

Have I missed the discussion on this or is it getting censored?

Edit 1: the username is specifically mentioned in multiple files but EFTA00165122.pdf is a good start

Edit 2: this is a list of the files that come up when searching the username maxwellhill

EFTA00165122.pdf

EFTA01245114.pdf

EFTA01245108.pdf

 EFTA01249192.pdf 

EFTA01245116.pdf

EFTA01245115.pdf

EFTA01730634.pdf

EFTA02730741.pdf 

Edit 3: 

Folks are saying the mod status never changed for this user? But I'm not sure why you would keep an account, that has been mentioned in the epstein files, and has been inactive for over 5 years  as a mod for a highly active sub. 

I would prefer it not be her, so I can get a little bit of faith in humanity and this fucking app back. Will add links to relevant comments as I find them, but there were a lot of comments and it will take me a few. Please do not take me word alone, I encourage you all the check it out on your own.

Relevant comments on the validity of it being her account, ,*for and against*:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/s/0VxhIM1lNp

https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/s/youeqWJAXC

https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/s/HzgdR7Q4Ms

https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/s/Ovq0eIrvsF

https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/s/0GhzNHpU9o

https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/s/7wgyy6Hk5S

Edit 4:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/s/ypT4gcJmPA 

>It's worth noting that Ian Miles Cheong, who was a moderator on some of the same subreddits as maxwellhill at the same time, all but confirmed that maxwellhill is Ghislaine. This happened the day that attacks on Iran began, and I feel like it got buried: [x post](https://xcancel.com/i/status/2027944203930767507)


Edit 5:
relevant post is relevant and everyone should read for a more thorough idea of the reasoning behind agreeing that this is probably her.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/s/UqX0gUPvyK


# Edit 6: please do not give me awards. If you can afford it, I'd prefer you donate to any victim advocacy group. One saved me from my family, and they deserve the funds more than reddit with it's pedophile apologia and complacency. Please consider giving directly, instead of boosting this. You have no idea how much a few dollars can help prevent the shit we're talking about now.

# # Edit 7:  my internet and mobile capabilities suck so this user did the leg work. Please upvote and check out their contributions to this discussion:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/s/yp4nwnaLAW

>> I legitimately hope it's not her

>I am convinced it's her. I am also convinced that there is nothing but circumstantial evidence for that. So, of no use. 

I just been thru archive.org to compare my recollections with the Wayback Machine:

The worldnews attribution has been there all these years. 

If it was gone for a bit <pre 10 month ago> and then reappeared <10 months ago> (to initiate your impression about it all): then that may be either be a blip; or someone accessed the account and took the attribution off and on.

That's all I got.

My list:

2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022: worldnews attribution visible [edit: I started with 2014 randomly]

2023, for a time: visible.

Then: 

2023, "Moderator list hidden": https://web.archive.org/web/20230728141509/https://www.reddit.com/user/maxwellhill/

Then it goes back:

2024, worldnews attribution visible: https://web.archive.org/web/20240515081407/https://www.reddit.com/user/maxwellhill/

2025, worldnews attribution visible: https://web.archive.org/web/20250715231927/https://www.reddit.com/user/maxwellhill/

Calender view: https://web.archive.org/web/20200701000000*/https://www.reddit.com/user/maxwellhill/

EDIT: the temporary disappearance of the moderator attribution in 2023 may be a result technical shifts on reddit rather than user activity. There was a big overhall in June/July 2023 and an issue with info visibility of inactive users in the wake of https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/16sqqx9/new_protections_for_communities_with_inactive_mods

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