The Verge·2 min read·medium
Discord accidentally banned over 8,000 people for posting grids and other ‘benign’ images
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Emma Roth
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Discord mistakenly banned over 8,000 users due to a bug in its safety system that flagged benign images, such as game textures and chessboards, as harmful content. The company has since unbanned all affected accounts and acknowledged the failure in its automated review process.
Discord says a bug affecting its safety system caused it to mistakenly ban more than 8,000 accounts since May. The platform’s statement follows a wave of reports from users over the past week, who say they’ve been banned for posting images containing grids, such as chessboards, game textures, and even Minecraft inventories.
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