Discord's Moderation Bug Locked Out 8,000 Users for Two Months

A flaw in Discord's automated moderation system issued permanent bans instead of temporary content holds, then prevented human reviewers from reversing the action. Over 8,000 users lost account access since May 2026; roughly 200 were banned for posting grid-format images. All have since been reinstated. The incident reveals a systemic risk: once the human review safeguard fails, users have no recourse to recover their accounts or history.