TLDR Copyright strikes
Is it copyright strikes? That’s not what the article says.
While the Pokemon bans would arouse suspicion of The Pokemon Company taking action, the Pokemon publisher is not believed to be involved with the bans. Several of the affected content creators, including the previously mentioned PokeRev, have previously worked with The Pokemon Company in an official capacity. Many were even invited as guests to major Pokemon events like the Pokemon World Championships. Neither Instagram nor parent company Meta has commented on the unexpected wave of bans against the Pokemon content creators.
And if you watch the embedded video, his ban message just says “Community Guidelines” and it sounds like nobody has been able to get a straight answer about it.
Carighan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
“Mysteriously”. Of course it’s copyright strikes by either Nintendo or one of the firms they pay to hunt for this.
handhookcardoor@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Wouldn’t it be on the Pokemon Company?
ABCDE@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Moving to platforms like this is really being pushed more than ever with nonsense like the above.
Master@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The first time one of these lemmy servers gets hit with official court papers thing will no doubt change. A big part of the operation budget (well maybe not so big of a percentage but big as in price) is to hire a legal team to handle stuff like this and juggle international laws.
I imagine a few lemmy instances will be killed by things like this.
SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
It won’t change anything.