"I kid you not, @itchio has been taken down by @OriginalFunko," the site posted to X in the early hours of Monday morning. itch.io said Funko uses "some trash 'AI Powered' Brand Protection Software" that generated a "bogus Phishing report" about the itch.io site. This report was sent to itch.io's domain registrar iwantmyname, which went ahead and disabled the site. This action was also likely taken by an "automated system," itch.io said.
itch.io claimed to have taken down the "disputed page" that triggered the phishing report immediately on receiving the takedown notice, but said no-one at iwantmyname appeared to have read the email confirming the page's removal. Contacted for comment by Polygon, an iwantmyname representative said, "The domain name was already reinstated earlier today after the registrant finally responded to our notice and took appropriate action to resolve the issue."
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