Ridiculous/Absurd
Instagram censors image of a kitten: A Twitter user shared a screenshot of her Instagram censorship notice. The user, whose Twitter bio claims she is a "sexuality educator, freelance writer,…
Twitter censors user for speaking out about the potential harm using a camp stove indoors - yes, really: A Twitter user, responding to a news story, tweeted the following: "She can kill herself…
Twitter censors user for posting the words to a very common protest chant: A Twitter user shared a screenshot of his censorship notice. He had tweeted: "Hey hey hoe hoe all these corrupt…
Facebook censors user for a Jussie Smollett joke meme: A Twitter user shared a screenshot of his Facebook censorship notice. on April 4, 2019, he posted a meme showing a still shot from the…
Facebook censors user for a Jeffrey Dahmer joke meme: A Twitter user shared a screenshot of his Facebook censorship notice. He had posted a meme showing Jeffrey Dahmer in front of empty grocery store…
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…
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