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Twitter user censored for joking about a popcorn ban: In another case of a bad Twitter algorithm, a user's account was locked and he was asked to delete a tweet in which he made a joke about a…
Twitter censors user for joke about COVID-19 vaccines and 5G: A Twitter user shared a screenshot of his censorship notice. He had tweeted: "Soon the vaccinated will have their 5g Killswitch…
Twitter user censored for proper and acceptable use of word "retard": In another case of a bad Twitter algorithm, a user's account was locked and he was asked to delete a tweet in which he properly…
Twitter censors account for a cat because it reported that the cat was a "Maine Coon mix of some kind": In another in a long string of incidents resulting from Twitter's faulty AI algorithm, a user…
Roblox suspends user for innocuous comment: A Twitter user shared a purported screenshot of his Roblox suspension notice. According to the alleged screenshot, the user's offending comment read:…
Twitter censors user for "hateful conduct," most likely because of a word out of context: A Twitter user shared a screenshot of another user's censorship notice. The user had tweeted a very innocent…
Facebook removed posts of a Thomas Paine quote for alleged "misinformation": YouTube creator Matt Orfalea responded to another censored user's tweet with screenshots showing that Facebook…
Instagram removed a Thomas Paine quote in users' stories for alleged 'false information:' Quilette managing editor Colin Wright posted an image and quote of Thomas Paine to his Instagram…
Facebook censors small conservative page, taking a word out of context: Facebook restricted the small conservative page Freedom in America for 30 days, according to screenshots, after the…
Twitter censors user for talking about how to kill crabs and lobsters to cook them: A Twitter user shared a screenshot of her censorship notice. She had tweeted: "Don't we kill them by throwing them…
Facebook censors a dad joke as "sensitive content": A Facebook user posted the following dad joke to a joke group called "Painfully Punny and Funny": "'Have you heard of Murphy's Law?' 'Yeah.' '…
Instagram accuses YouTuber's satire photo of being an 'altered photo': YouTuber Tyler Zed tweeted that he posted a satirical photo on Instagram of "HalloWieners: Black Licorice Flavored Hot Dogs…
Twitter censors user for a ridiculous statement about people who don't put away shopping carts: A Twitter user, obviously using sarcasm when referring to people who don't put away shopping carts,…
Twitter's algorithm mistakes name of a Red Sox player for a Jewish slur, flags the tweet to be deleted: A Twitter user shared a screenshot of an appeal for his censorship notice. In referencing Red…
Facebook removed a user's comment on her disgust for spiders: A user commented "they are big...and I want to burn my house down" in reference to spiders, according to a screenshot tweeted by the user…
Facebook censors user for posting a photo of his phone's lock screen, reverses on appeal: A Twitter user shared a screenshot of his Facebook censorship notice. He had accidentally posted a…
Facebook removes a mildly offensive comment directed toward a car in a car group: A Facebook user commented "fat booty" in reference to a car in a car group. Facebook removed the comment because the…
Facebook removes post referring to a scenic place because the name sounded offensive: The New York Post reported that users of the "Love Norfolk Broads" Facebook page had their accounts restricted…
Facebook placed a sensitive content filter over baked goods: The Facebook account All Day I Dream About Food posts pictures of Keto recipes and dishes. Facebook placed a sensitive content…
Facebook flags gardening group that discusses the 'hoe' tool and killing bugs: Facebook flagged posts that used the word "hoe" in a group called WNY Gardeners when users referred to the useful…