Discord banned 8k users for posting benign grid images

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• Imagine you suddenly getting banned after posting a picture of a chessboard
  by Ravi4649
• Or X11 default root weave pattern.

  https://matttproud.com/blog/posts/x-window-system-boot-stipp...

  by DonHopkins
• It's an old problem: https://gizmodo.com/british-cops-want-to-use-ai-to-spot-porn...

  I've been fairly convinced a lot of social media bans, where people are genuinely confused about the bans, are just automatic moderation problems.

  by nitwit005
• > “When our staff reviewed and cleared those accounts, the same bug prevented the ban from being lifted automatically, so it just stayed in place,” Discord says.

  It seems like a similar issue is affecting Twitter currently. People are being suspended for inauthentic behavior, they appeal, they get an email saying the appeal was accepted, and then, nothing, the account doesn't come back. Is there perhaps a third party moderation platform behind both of these services?

  https://www.reddit.com/r/twitterhelp/comments/1sr7t1m/x_rest...

  https://devcommunity.x.com/t/restoration-emails-for-suspende...

  by novia