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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/20/21188273/discord-transparency-report-moderation-q2-q3-q4-2019-spam-exploitative-content
Discord says its banning millions of accounts to tackle spam
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Discord banned 5.2 million accounts between April and December last year, the company revealed today in its second transparency report. The most common reasons for account bans were spam and exploitative content, which includes nonconsensual pornography (so-called “revenge porn”) as well as sexual content related to minors.
The report reveals a stark difference in the kinds of violations that most users are likely to report, versus the actions that are most likely to get people and servers banned. The most common reports Discord receives from users relate to harassment, however only a relatively small proportion of these reports actually result in action being taken. Discord says that in many cases it will teach people how to block the...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/20/21188273/discord-transparency-report-moderation-q2-q3-q4-2019-spam-exploitative-content
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