PSN Ban for sharing Conan content!

Hey everyone - Logged on today to discover Playstation have suspended my account for 30 days! Why? Because I shared a screenshot from Conan which showed a few peoples naked characters at a pool party on a private server. And it turns out another player was also banned for the same reason. Said photos were deleted from that chat. Interestingly, the same photo was shared in another group chat and weren’t deleted - which strongly suggests someone from the original chat chose to report the content to playstation. Does anyone know of a way to appeal this suspension - given Playstation only consider appeals on permanent bans? Its my 1st offence - it was in game content from a 18+ game shared in an 18+ chat group - this is harsh to say the least - and it will seriously other online games I play and have responsibilities in. Help pls!

Full nudity is allowed depending on the region you are located in such as European server’s can’t see how you could get a banned for that. Midnight dog :dog2: walk over got. To get back to sleep will check in during daytime

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its an Oceania server - im in NZ. they said was “pornographic material”. Granted it was definitely 18+ content - but it was a age restricted chat.

You would have to send an appeal to Sony. Funcom can’t do anything about it. Sony updated its TOS and cracked down on sexual content in 2019. Conan nudity screenshot probably got flagged because you shared it. Sony and Microsoft, whilst allowing nudity in games tend to frown upon players sharing full nudity screenshots. MS flat out disables the ability to take screenshots with full nudity enabled (they do allow partial nudity) regardless of age or region

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That’s a mess

This one thought only the U.S. clutched it’s pearls so hard.
While the group may have been adult only, is it possible one of the adults had a minor who somehow got a hold of it?

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If they did, it’s that adult’s/minor’s fault, considering this is allegedly an 18+ chat.

In any case, if the TOS says no sharing images with nudity, then it’s pretty cut and dry on this one. The fact that someone else shared the same image in a different chat would just mean they haven’t been dinged for it yet. Either way, it’s a topic that the OP would be better off taking up with Sony or on a PSN forum, rather than a specific game forum. I doubt anyone here would be able to help unless they’ve successfully managed to navigate a similar issue.

Even media and services that are age-restricted can have rules and restrictions on the content they allow in said media. Just because everyone is an adult does not mean they consent to seeing “intimate parts”. In fact, it tends to be adults who usually get offended by such material.

So, the first thing that comes to my mind is checking whether the chat group had rules against posting screenshots with nudity. Also, if PSN has some rules regarding sharing screenshots from PS games with nudity. If no, then the ban appears to have been unjustified.

But, nudity and “explicit content” is a difficult subject in many countries and regions, so it’s entirely possible that there are some rules you’ve missed, because all those EULAs and TOS’s are impossible to memorize even if you read them.

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Now I am sorta awake. I remember a couple of people using some inappropriate words in chat and a short time later all their posts were removed. I had a topless image in my game picture for years got a warning recreated with Bejeweled top in both cases don’t know if someone complained or Sony is actually checking things. As far as 18+ in this game we have played with a 8 and 10 year old had no idea at the time.

The PSN Code of Conduct includes the following:

“☒ Do not share material that is pornographic, obscene, or that depicts extreme or abhorrent violence.”

Don’t know if that applies to sharing anything in a chat; I don’t use Playstation things. It is possibly too fine a point for the PSN service people, but not all nudity is pornographic. One would have to judge the individual picture: Is the main purpose to show nude “people” in a sexual way, or is it maybe to show a building, which by chance has some nude people in it? Or does it show nude people, but not in a sexual manner?

This, for example, shows nude people and shows them purposefully in the nude, but not in a sexual manner:

Although, of course, naked Germans from the 1980s are damn sexy. Look at the mustaches! roar

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It is either that someone in the chat was offended by the image, or, more likely, someone in the chat has a problem with you in particular. That the photo is still up in another chat without incident leads me to think that a player was reporting you, not the image.

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Singapore is a bit more strict.

Its because of the Chat, The “Game Allows” is 100% different when using PSN Services.

Using Share Feature, PSN Chat etc falls under Sony Rule Set. No Nudity Allowed, No Hate Speech etc etc etc. Regardless of the game it comes from.

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No one in Group likely reported it. (or maybe parent saw it and did) But PSN has methods of checking there Chat Groups and whats Shared.
Likely images passed by someone who decided to hand out ban.

Again, as mention appeal it, mention everyone in chat is an adult on private server. And you’ll make sure not to share that type of content again. And Toss in Conan Exiles is an Adult game, weren’t aware of rule set followng into chat.

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@Sera67 have not seen you for a while hope you are doing well :grinning:

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Doing Good, I got sick of waiting for fixes and stamina changes to revert and uninstalled. T_T

Starfield needing 128gb’s and Cyberpunk getting update, and being unable to find a SSD to fit my PC… Conan Exiles lost the fight do to that…
Forum is my home page, so not like I’m not here. To many post in front page feed about missing bases and items and issues… Havn’t had urge to reinstall it. Or post on a game I’m not playing.

Been trying to enjoy Starfield.

I hope all of you are still having fun! Hopfully I’ll keep Funcom Forums as homepage long enough to see a wonderful post from Staff about major fixes and changes… >_>

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We are looking forward to a Great fix to this Game. Don’t see it happening unfortunately. Glad you are well. We keep playing my wife revisiting Fallout 4 I watch. May try Ragnorork that came with our PS5 s I hate learning new buttons. Take care of yourself you are one of our Favorites :heart_eyes:

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Sony’s rules are very strict.

I received a warning after drawing a middle finger .with the keys on the keyboard .

and my secondary account was banned by mistake (permanently)

because of an idiot moderator who doesn’t know the definition of the word (BEACH).

my account was unbanned after calling sony to explain the definition of the word.

even if you call them, they won’t take away your ban. because they are not able to verify the age of people

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