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>>benhur+(OP)
This happens again and again. I have had that happen to my twitter account. I see this regulary on HN.

My suspicion is that this is mostly happening because platforms that big like google or twitter rely very heavily on machine learning and other AI related technology to ban people. Because honestly, the amount of spam and abuse that are likely happening on these platforms has to be mind boggling high.

So I get why they would try to automate bans.

But after years and years of regular high profile news of false positives, one would think they eventually would change something.

I mean the guy had direct business with Google going on....

Why would they continue like that. Isn't there one single PR person at Google?

>>p410n3+Y2
There's virtually no chance that the automated system that banned him knew the account belonged to someone with whom Stadia was doing business. Even if we assume there's a list of high profile people/accounts not to automatically disable, I can't see him being on it.

>>hn_go_+u4
It's possible to have a system that marks high profile accounts that shouldn't have automated actions applied ... that it appears Google doesn't have something like this is worrying.

>>philjo+K6
Then again, if all high profile accounts were exempt from being auto banned then there would be even less chance of problems being brought to light.