This mod stated that they were the one behind the bans (https://feddit.org/comment/8930413)

So, a mod banning downvotes while using several sockpuppet accounts to vote multiple times.

  • UniversalMonk@anarchist.nexusEnglish
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    23 days ago
    • It was a specific politics community that was just made to talk about politics without UniversalMonk.

    Glad that people made an entire community about being afraid of me though. Flattering! I. Am. Awesome.

    • were insisting that UniversalMonk hadn’t done anything wrong

    Because I didn’t do anything wrong.

    Another day, another mention of me by you. Friend, you’re obsessed. You need to let it go.

    We can be brothers, but you don’t have to mention me every single day. That’s clingy! lol