The entire itch.io site has reportedly been taken down by Funko
The entire itch.io website has been taken offline, and it’s blaming toy manufacturer Funko.
According to a thread posted on its official X account, itch.io says the whole site has been taken down by what it calls a “bogus phishing report”.
It alleges that Funko was using ‘brand protection software’ which it claims used AI to flag a disputed page, and filed a “bogus” report with itch.io’s domain registrar.
It then claims that the registrar brought down the entire site instead of checking to make sure itch.io had taken down the page in question.
“I kid you not, itch.io has has been taken down by Funko because they use some trash “AI Powered” Brand Protection Software called BrandShield that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain,” it claims.
“Also, for transparency, we did take the disputed page down as soon as we got the notice because it’s not worth fighting stuff like that. Regardless, our registrar’s automated system likely kicked in to disable the domain since no one read our confirmation of removal.”
I kid you not, <a target="_blank" rel=«noopener» class=«link-external» href=«https://twitter.com/itchio?ref_src=» https:>@itchio
has been taken down by <a target="_blank" rel=«noopener» class=«link-external» href=«https://twitter.com/OriginalFunko?ref_src=» https:>@OriginalFunko because they use some trash “AI Powered” Brand Protection Software called <a target="_blank" rel=«noopener» class=«link-external» href=«https://twitter.com/BrandShieldltd?ref_src=» https:>@BrandShieldltd that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, <a target="_blank" rel=«noopener» class=«link-external» href=«https://twitter.com/iwantmyname?ref_src=» https:>@iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain— itch.io (@itchio) <a target="_blank" rel=«noopener» class=«link-external» href=«https://twitter.com/itchio/status/1866017758040993829?ref_src=» https:>December 9, 2024
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