/pol/

/pol/, short for Politically Incorrect, is an anonymous political discussion imageboard on 4chan, created in 2011. As of 2022, it was the most active board on the site. It has had a substantial impact on Internet culture. It has acted as a platform for far-right extremism; the board is well known for its widespread racist, white supremacist, antisemitic, Islamophobic, misogynist, and anti-LGBTQ content. /pol/ has been linked to various acts of real-world extremist violence. It has been described as one of the "[centers] of 4chan mobilization", a title also ascribed to :/b/.

==Overview== thumb|left|Screenshot of the front (catalog) page of /pol/ in December 2019, with each discussion thread indicated by an image Common /pol/ content involves discussion of history, far-right ideologies, hatred of transgender people and homosexuals, hatred of black people, hatred and sexual exploitation of women and girls and current events. A 2020 report categorized about 36% of news sources frequently posted to the board by American users as "junk news", a category that includes sources considered to be propaganda, sensationalist, or conspiracy theory content. Outside of traditional news sources, users also commonly rely on alternative media such as YouTube commentary as a source of news.