Discord has acknowledged that a technical error within its AI moderation tools led to the wrongful banning of more than 8,000 accounts starting in May. The company confirmed the situation following a recent incident where 200 more users were blocked before staff could pinpoint the cause. The glitch caused the system to misidentify benign photos, specifically those featuring grid patterns like chessboards or images with transparent white backgrounds, as violating content.

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