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Has Anyone Else Been Falsely Banned for “CSAM” Recently? My Account Was Disabled

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10 SIGNALSFIRST DETECTED 17 June 2026
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How the story developed
29 Aug
Can't Even Redflag - I call b.s.
OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPT
8 Aug
Warning: Billing Issue through Apple
OPINION · WHAT · OpenAI
Other feeds and industry voices
15 May
Permanently banned by OpenAI for "Cyber Abuse" I didn’t commit. No blocked prompts, no in app banners, just 4 silent emails to my spam folder.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I’ve been a $20/month Plus subscriber for over two years, using ChatGPT daily for work and dev projects. Last week, my account was deactivated

OPINION · HOW · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
28 Mar
Opened my account for my business on March 25. Banned on March 27th. Lost my appeal within 13 minutes.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I really have no idea how or why this happened. I've only used it to look at plans that claude has made for a second opinion. It's not an adult

OPINION · HOW · OpenAIOPEN STORY
10 Apr
800 Million non paying accounts for free inference, but theyre nickle and diming paid users with lessened Codex rate limits.

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1sh9aar/800_million_non_paying_accounts_for_free/"> <img alt="800 Million non paying accounts for free

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
2 May
I never gave ChatGTP my email, but now their emailing me?!

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1t1cgye/i_never_gave_chatgtp_my_email_but_now_their/"> <img alt="I never gave ChatGTP my email, but now their

OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
5 May
Warning: Anthropic's "Gift Max" exploit drained €800+, ruined my credit, and got me banned.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Heads up to anyone here using Claude/Anthropic as an alternative. If you have a card saved on their platform, <strong>remove it now.</strong></p>

OPINION · HOW · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
5 May
Warning: Anthropic "Gift Max" Exploit cost me €800, tanked my SCHUFA score, and got me banned.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I’m writing this as a warning and a cry for help. I am a top-performing Data Science dual-student in Germany, and Anthropic’s current billing

OPINION · HOW · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
27 Mar
Account deactivated, please help recover data

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hi, I just woke up in the middle of the night and was hit by two emails from OpenAI informing me that I was banned for “Child Sexualization

OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
13 May
Dodgy transactions from OPENAI

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I’m wondering if their research Beta ChatGPT has become sentient and decided it needs an income….</p> <p>I received a burst of 32 transactions

OPINION · HOW · OpenAIOPEN STORY
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