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Itch․io taken down by bogus AI-sourced phishing claim from Funko Pop, BrandShield (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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[–] sailor_sega_saturn@awful.systems 21 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

This is not a joke. Funko just called my mom

https://xcancel.com/itchio/status/1866239798924763227

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This is completely unhinged, even for 2024.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 weeks ago

That seems like pretty fucking cut and dry harassment. Guy didn't make any libellous claims.

I hope they can get a damn good lawyer with some help from EFF or something. Would love to see Funko get torn a new asshole over this, especially since he claims it wasn't even copyright infringing material but a fucking fan forum for an official funko branded game that got the site improperly flagged.