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PS5 owners warned not to get banned from PSN due to new issue

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PS5 owners warned not to get banned from PSN due to new issue

PS5 and PS5 Pro owners have been warned not to be banned by PlayStation from PSN due to a new issue. PlayStation and Xbox really cracked down on moderation during the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S console generation. To this end, more and more PlayStation and Xbox fans are being banned from PSN and Xbox Live, respectively. And many of these suspensions or bans are for things that previously weren’t a problem or weren’t enforced by moderation. With an increase in AI/automated moderation, this is changing.

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The first post on the PS5 Reddit page right now is a post warning that PlayStation is now cracking down on link sharing. This includes sending Google URLs. Technically, this is against the code of conduct since the release of the PS5, but it appears that it is now more strictly enforced.

The post reveals that they received three emails from PlayStation stating that the code had been breached for sending different Google.com URLs in a PSN message. The warning specifically read: “Sharing malicious URLs, including those that may harm another player.”

As PS5 points out, normal URLs have never been applied before, or at least that’s their experience and that of PS5 users in the post’s comments.

“This is completely automated and happens from the moment you send the message. This isn’t the first time in the PS5 cycle that this has happened either. They’ve automated the removal of Google/YouTube links before, but it’s never lasted more than a week, and they’ve notably never sent a misconduct email for normal URLs before. Either they messed up the automation or they’re going scorched earth when it comes to URLs.

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“The same thing happened to me. I think emails are stupid,” one of the comments read. “I sent the Google link to my alt account and the URL was automatically removed for security when sending it. Still, they added an automated system to display warnings on your account for an immediately filtered URL. Not only that, but I sent it to my ALT account so that it would automatically send a report because obviously I didn’t report myself.

As mentioned, Xbox is doing the exact same thing with the Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X consoles. There are several reasons why this is a concern for PlayStation and Xbox, including jailbreaking and user security. Still, those on PS5 who never had link sharing issues on PS5 before might find the situation different now.

At the time of publication, there has been no official word from PlayStation on this matter, and therefore no official word that anything has changed. PS5 users have noticed a change, however.

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