Xbox One: MS banning users from Skype and Upload Studio for swearing

Xbox One gives you the ability to record your voice to accompany a gameplay clip and upload it to Xbox Live using Upload Studio, and it appears that multiple users have been temporarily banned for swearing in those clips.

Polygon has collated a set of reports from various places, such as the Xbox forums and a Reddit thread suggesting that users were banned for uploading gameplay clips in which they use profanity, it is unclear what is considered profanity. The banned users are unable to use Upload Studio or upload any clips they captured.

Microsoft appears to have lifted the ban for one user on Reddit by the name of MakVolci, he said, ” Okay I got a hold of a Microsoft representative. They’ve told me that my standing is “good” and don’t see an issue with my account – I’m in ‘good standing’.” He later added, ” I hopped on Upload Studio about twenty minutes ago and tried it out. It is now working for me, and I was successfully able to upload my Kinect footage and DVR footage to both Xbox and SkyDrive. It appears as though the Upload Studio suspension is a 24 hour suspension, as I believe it was for me.”

One Twitter user is reporting that he’s not able to use Skype for swearing in a private call, and receiving the following message:

Users who have been banned for using profanity in their Upload Studio clips are also reportedly being banned from using Skype. Polygon has reached to Microsoft for a comment.

Posted: Nov 25, 2013 4:06 pm
Related Forum: Xbox Forum

Source: http://www.vg247.com/2013/11/25/xbox-one-microsoft-is-reportedly-banning-users-from-using-skype-and-upload-studio-for-swearing/

Comments

MrUnDFindPosted: Mon. Nov 25, 2013

if this is real its definitely from someone jackin off or something swearing i highly doubt

British-ArmyPosted: Mon. Nov 25, 2013

Scared_of_Water
Sam- Anyone else think this is fake?

The grammar makes it questionable

That's the first thing I noticed... Why have they not gone through all of the text and made sure all of the spelling, grammar and punctuation is correct, surely with the Xbox one being a big realise they would have made everything perfect?

iidoubledropPosted: Mon. Nov 25, 2013

also I certainly would have been banned by now if this was true, same as my friends. Its all lies.

AnyPosted: Mon. Nov 25, 2013

Ridiculous. It's unfair. So you expect these people to refrain from swearing? Literally, almost if not every xbox player swears. Video games are frustrating. Also, if I'm joking with a friend I will be banned? Ridiculous.

iidoubledropPosted: Mon. Nov 25, 2013

lol, this is a pathetic attempt at making MS look bad, this is totally fake.

Do you really think a billion doller company would make grammatical errors as bad as this.

Scared_of_WaterPosted: Mon. Nov 25, 2013

Sam- Anyone else think this is fake?

The grammar makes it questionable

NotePosted: Mon. Nov 25, 2013

I personally think this is fake. The incorrect grammar is a serious give away.
I'm more than sure that any company, even small ones, would go over every bit of text possible to make sure it all made sense.

Either that, or this "error" message I guess you can call it, combined its text with another error and has produced the given image.

CayPosted: Mon. Nov 25, 2013

Sam- Anyone else think this is fake?

It's not fake, go skype someone right now and drop the f-bomb about 5 times along with some b-bombs, let me know if you're banned or not.

OasisPosted: Mon. Nov 25, 2013

RIAA
lolohnoeszsz
RIAA
lolohnoeszsz so if i'm in a skype call with a friend and say the f-bomb or sh!t. i'm going to get banned? glad to know freedom of speech is limited. go MS.

*sarcasm*

You are aware that freedom of speech only applies when you're up against the government right?

Try screaming out Fire in a crowded cinema sometime and let me know how good freedom of speech protected you from being booted out.
freedom of speech applies to anything. having a company basically silence you for profanity is ignorant. which is why i said 'freedom of speech is limited'.

Its not ignorant, MS have lawyers who would tell them that if it were the case, it is not. It is because freedom of speech only applies to government full stop (or 'period' as you americans say)

Not a lot of people realize that.

MS

Funnily enough, you'll do well to notice that MS has a set of t's and c's when it comes to using their services, when using any service via Xbox Live, you are no exception.

PegPosted: Mon. Nov 25, 2013

Anyone else think this is fake?

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