Indie game marketplace Itch.io goes down as it claims Funko Pop company used "AI-powered" brand protection to create "some bogus phishing report"
Indie game distribution site Itch.io has been offline today, and it has a truly bizarre reason as to why.
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Funko and BrandShield Deny Causing Itch.io Phishing Claim Shutdown
Funko and BrandShield have responded to claims made by Itch.io owner Leaf Corcoran about the site's outage yesterday, and ...
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Funko and BrandShield say it wasn’t their fault itch.io was taken offline, site creator says otherwise
itch.io founder Leaf Corcoran claimed that toy company Funko was using “some trash ‘AI Powered’ Brand Protection Software ...
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Funko issue a statement about the itch.io take-down, while also apparently calling itch founder's mom
I wrote about how the much loved itch.io store got taken down by Funko (as in Funko Pop figures). The situation seems ...
Indie games site Itch.io temporarily taken down by Funko, due to 'AI-powered' brand protection company that 'created some bogus phishing report'
Itch.io, a website used to host a heap of games—primarily self-published indie projects—was taken down briefly this morning ...
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The entire itch.io site has reportedly been taken down by Funko
“I kid you not, itch.io has has been taken down by Funko because they use some trash “AI Powered” Brand Protection Software ...
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Dread toy-peddler Funko Pop gets cool, handsome Itch.io taken offline via dodgy "AI-powered" brand protection
"I kid you not, itch.io has been taken down by Funko of 'Funko Pop' because they use some trash 'AI Powered' Brand Protection ...
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Itch.io Taken Offline for Several Hours Over "Bogus" Funko Phishing Claim
Itch.io was taken offline for several hours earlier today following what the site's owner calls a "bogus" phishing claim by ...
Itch.io platform briefly goes down due to “AI-driven” anti-phishing report
Popular indie game platform itch.io says its domain was briefly taken down for a few hours Monday morning thanks to an ...