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Discord accidentally banned over 8,000 people for posting grids and other ‘benign’ images

Date
July 14, 2026
Category
Bias
Source
AI Incident Database

Summary

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 ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1585#7511)

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