\Warning: Sudden bans and content deletion — is this increasing? Any GDPR or other actions taken?

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Recently without any warning, my account got banned, with all my activities were deleted.

To regain access, I was required to submit:

  • Facial biometric data
  • National ID
  • EU Residence Permit

No clear legal basis or necessity explanation was provided. When I refused to provide this sensitive data, my account remained inaccessible and my content permanently removed.

Under EU GDPR, biometric data is a special category of personal data requiring strict necessity and transparency. Deleting user-generated content without a clear appeal mechanism raises concerns about user rights.

I’m trying to understand whether this is part of a broader trend.

A concern is that users were banned may leave the platform, not be able to share this at all.

That makes it difficult to assess how frequently this is happening.

I’d like also to ask:

  • Any action on complaints can be done (GDPR authorities, App Store, consumer protection bodies)?
  • Are there other channels or strategies to respond to this?

I’m an experienced user for years and thousands of saves on my post.

Comments

Aldebaran135•4 months ago•4

I just DM'd this person: https://www.reddit.com/r/rednote/s/iqHBqjth0p

SweetDear8914•4 months ago•1

This is part of a clamp down on anonymous social media users stemming from new Chinese laws passed last Summer. These require speculative other uncommon claims to require that OP be a subject matter expert. They also require Social Media accounts to be verified - so, tied to real world ID. This is ostensibly to stem disinformation and troll/bot accounts. I recently got the same account lock with draconian verification requirements. I opted to just quit Red Note.

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The ban isn't really about privacy concerns

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