Game news 2400 Steam accounts sanctioned for a completely absurd reason
Though they thought they had done nothing wrong, thousands of Steam accounts have been penalized.
Hard to believe, but many accounts steam got punished for it… liked a negative comment. This may seem extremely disproportionate, especially for simple likes. The review from earlier this year is about the Warlander game, and it’s about the user FREEDOMS117 who published it with reference to Anti-cheat system what he considered “suspicious”. In fact, he blamed the software for it continue to work even after the game is closed and seems to be sending a lot of personal data to Japanese IP addresses. He therefore proposed a detailed solution to face this anti-cheat by uninstalling it. Had his negative opinion Thousands of likes and hundreds of reactions. According to the Steam community, it was among the most helpful comments. However, a few days ago, the PC game distribution platform deleted the comment, restricting FREEDOMS117 and all users who have reacted to this post. While 30 daysthey no longer had the right to access community features such as posting a review or simply posting messages in public discussions.
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Why have more than 2400 Steam accounts been sanctioned?
A sanction that left many players in misunderstanding until le service d’assistance Steam take the floor:
Our moderators are on the lookout for content that describes how to cheat or manipulate anti-cheat systems. This is against our rules and appears to be what our moderation team misidentified in this case, resulting in the review being banned.
Additionally, the moderator has identified this review as potentially dangerous for other players as some steps require registry changes. This resulted in the additional ban being placed on your account and voter accounts. I see your comment does not contain phishing links, attempts to scam or deceive players, or anything else warranting a ban.
Steam then suggested that this comment would fit perfectly as a guide, in the community part. The detailed instructions may help many players concerned about this anti-cheat provided their text states that the steps to be followed are “at your own risk”. Also, Steam has clarified that they have contacted the Warlander developers regarding this. The latter quickly replied that it was a bug in the anti-cheat and indicated that no personal data was collected..
