I was handed a "banned from commenting" message one morning, with no warning.

It's like you're inside my head...

I got sent to Xbox the very first, and only, contact I had with support. The Xbox tech told me my account was banned by Microsoft and he found it odd that Microsoft sent me to Xbox, as did I. I knew Microsoft banned me and I know why but they of course deleted the comment. I remember what it was; It was about the efficacy of Masks and how there was very few actual studies done, and the one that has been referenced was not a controlled study...

I know this because all I do is research, for my Company and my hobby.

Now that my initial findings were corroborated, they have yet to reinstate my account because looking "bad" is too difficult for most people today. It's far easier to just exert what little power one may have via the click of a button rather than engage in dialogue.

Thanks for reply, be well.

I have appealed over 100 times. It's an automated response. I actually demanded a refund for my Microsoft Office and other MSN products and told them the suspension was the reason why. My company will never purchase another Microsoft product again, even if I have to use Google.

Exactly the same for me not a clue, not even typed anything yet, its a complete mystery to me?

I have just encountered exactly the same problem as PinpointPrism and I did send a review request but do not yet know what will be the outcome. I had also NEVER made any comments before on any MSN news articles. I had experienced exactly the same issue. See screenshot below:

And my next screenshot shows that I have not made any prior comments so I don't know how it is that I was ever banned in the first place! But I tell u what, I got the shock of my life to see that I had been unfairly banned due to the fact I wanted to comment on something that is a very important issue and to be prevented from commenting was really uncalled for. My guess is that there is a glitch in the system somewhere which seriously needs fixing.

OnGuardForGod78, I know what u are talking about....I have just encountered exactly the same problem as u and many others here and I did send a review request but do not yet know what will be the outcome. I had also NEVER made any comments before on any MSN news articles from the news app as my screenshot which I posted above in response to another user does show yet I had experienced exactly the same issue as u. I have a feeling since alot of ppl are experiencing the same illogical issue that it is a tech glitch in the system. I was shocked to the max tho upon first getting such a message block me from being able to type anything into the comments field, thinking at first there was some issue of discrimination since I had commented via many other media streams, e.g. YouTube etc. which are broadly covered or included within the Google or Microsoft framework. But after having done my research into the problem & subsequently discovering that many random others were also affected by it, I have concluded it is a technical fault. It's a wonder no official Microsoft reps come to give us acct holders posting our queries here any sizable response on this matter as they so often appear to do for customers in other Microsoft knowledge-base/help forums. I will make a formal report on this issue by phone tomorrow. Hopefully it will be then logged into the system by Microsoft as a fault and in due course resolved. It's a real peeve tho, I must say because there's stuff out there in the news that really does need commenting on.