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Discord accidentally banned over 8,000 people for posting grids and other ‘benign’ images
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. Stanislav Vishnevskiy, Discord […] A Reddit users says they were banned on Discord after uploading this picture of a chessboard. | Image: u/Laskof via Reddit 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 . Stanislav Vishnevskiy, Discord cofounder and chief technology officer, writes tha
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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. Stanislav Vishnevskiy, Discord […] A Reddit users says they were banned on Discord after uploading this picture of a chessboard. | Image: u/Laskof via Reddit 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 . Stanislav Vishnevskiy, Discord cofounder and chief technology officer, writes tha
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According to The Verge’s linked source, Discord accidentally banned over 8,000 people for posting grids and other ‘benign’ images, 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. Stanislav Vishnevskiy, Discord […] A Reddit users says they were banned on Discord after uploading this picture of a chessboard. | Image: u/Laskof via Reddit 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 . Stanislav Vishnevskiy, Discord cofounder and chief technology officer, writes tha
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