TIL that 1 in 4 moderators admit to banning users just because they disagreed with them, not for breaking rules

I was digging through a study from the Knight Foundation and found this stat that totally blew my mind. They surveyed like 1,200 mods across different platforms and 24% straight up said they've handed out bans for opinions they didn't like, not actual violations. That means every time you get silenced, there's a solid chance it's not about the rules at all. Has anyone else run into this where you got banned but the reason felt totally made up?

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