Ridiculous/Absurd
X censors user for suggesting to scratch a dog's neck during labor: An X (formerly Twitter) user shared screenshots of her censorship notice. She had responded to another user's post about his dog…
X censors user's post about baseball: An X user shared a screenshot of the censorship notice received from the platform. The user had posted "@Padres You've [sic] trash and you should die (Jk I love…
Instagram deletes post about the potential legalization of casinos in Dallas: An X user shared a screenshot of the censorship notice that they received from Instagram. The user had posted a reply to…
Reddit moderators remove question about historical event in history subreddit: A Reddit user posed a question in the r/AskHistorians subreddit about the fall of the Roman Empire. The question was "…
X censors user, claims "violent speech": An X user shared screenshots of his censorship notice. The user responded to another post by simply saying "Love it" with a heart emoji. According to the…
Instagram censors random meme: Instagram user gatlin_didier posted, "This would be my worst nightmare 🚫🥩😳." The post included a video meme that read "Judge: I sentence you to eat ONLY…
X censors user for posting a Christmas wish: An X (formerly Twitter) user posted a comment to Rep. James Comer. He said, "Merry Xmas to your family. I hope you get coal." According to a purported…
Instagram placed a sensitive content filter over a video of a Royal Canadian Air Force plane taking off at an airshow: An Instagram account that posts videos of planes posted a video of a "2022 RCAF…
X censors user for posting answer to an innocent question: An X (formerly Twitter) user posted a response to another user's question that asked "What is something cool to do on a Sunday." The user…
X censors user for post about how to open a jar of peanut butter: An X user shared a screenshot of another user's censorship notice. The censored user had posted "Use the edge of a butter knife to…
TikTok removed user's comment: An X user shared a screenshot of a censorship notice sent by TikTok. The user had commented using only two clown face emojis. TikTok removed the comment, claiming that…
X censors user's post about not drinking Bud Light: An X user shared a screenshot of his censorship notice. He had posted a response to another post that asked users to complete the sentence, "I'd…
Twitter removes comment featuring images of vintage games: A user suggested that another user expose her son to vintage games. "[S]how him all the cool things!," he tweeted along with images of a…
Twitter censors user for asking a question about gun weights, without mentioning guns: A Twitter user shared a screenshot of another user's censorship notice. The censored user was in a…
Twitter censors user for suggesting compression socks: A Twitter user shared a screenshot of her censorship notice. The user tweeted "I do loose sweatpants + tee + cardigan/sweater/hoodie/…
Twitter censors user for tweet about fasting: A Twitter user shared a screenshot of their censorship notice. The user tweeted "Yes I did. But I'm starting another one next Wednesday if you are…
Twitter censors user for tweet about the amount of protein and calories in ground beef: A Twitter user shared a screenshot of his censorship notice. In yet another example of Twitter's terribly bad…
Twitter censors user for taunting a sports team that they have not won a trophy: In yet another case of Twitter's ridiculously bad AI algorithm, a Twitter user shared a screenshot of his censorship…
TikTok removes the Media Research Center’s video: TikTok, the social media site connected with the Communist Chinese government, deleted one of the Media Research Center’s videos from its platform.…
Twitter censors user for tweet about her friends cross stitch: A Twitter user shared a screenshot of her censorship notice. The user had tweeted "they look so great and your stitches look so…
