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RALPH_L
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August 4, 2026
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Account Blocked

  • August 4, 2026
  • 16 replies
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It has now happened to me. 
Here is what happened and what you need to do if it happens to you.

Day 1 12:33 pm I received an email stating that a recently approved photo was re-reviewed and then removed due to a “quality” rejection.  

Day 1 12:34 pm I received a second email stating that my account has been blocked for submitting content that violates Adobe Stock submission guidelines, or for activities that violate the Adobe Stock Contributor Terms, on the basis of internal review of your content and account.

A logon attempt brought the following pop-up:
 

I clicked on the “Contact us” link which displayed the following form where I could state my case in the provided textbox (remember that you are not logged in so you must add your contributor ID and email address):
 

After submitting the form I was displayed the following message showing my case ID:
 

I also received an email with a link to dispute the decision. I pressed the link and was redirected to the following form:
 

I completed and submitted the form and was then shown the following screen:
 

 

What do I do now? I wait and do not re submit. If an answer takes too long then I will consider having my account deleted.

I hope this helps you.

    16 replies

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 4, 2026

    If this happens in the future, I would re-submit with a signed Property Release Form by you as the artist who took the photo.

    https://helpx.adobe.com/my_en/stock/contributor/content-policies-guidelines/model-property-releases/property-release-languages.html

     

    We have no idea what happens to appeal requests. At least an uploaded Property Release Form is a tangible part of your Contributor file.

     

    I hope they reverse this soon. 🤞

    Keep us posted.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    RALPH_L
    Community Expert
    RALPH_LCommunity ExpertAuthor
    Community Expert
    September 4, 2026

    Latest update. I submitted 23 new assets. 22 were accepted and 1 was rejected. Again, missing AI Generation tag. I appealed the rejection.
    Today my account was again deactivated.

    Legend
    September 4, 2026

    Wonder what’s going on ...

    RALPH_L
    Community Expert
    RALPH_LCommunity ExpertAuthor
    Community Expert
    September 2, 2026

    Here an update. My account was reinstated today. I was given full details as to why it was deactivated and that if the situation remains my account will be permanently closed. The reason given was a “quality” rejection of an upload photo composite where the merging of the photos was very poor. I have to agree with the moderator.  The workmanship was bad.  I was told that I need to review my portfolio and remove other photos of poor quality. Repeated offenses will be considered “spamming”.

    Inspiring
    September 2, 2026

    Congrats on having your account reinstated, it must be a relief. Pretty shocked to hear this was over an asset that had been rejected due to quality though. I’ve always been of the opinion that if an agency chooses to reject an asset that’s their right to do so, but why on earth would you suspend an account in otherwise good standing?

    If you had any other photos in your portfolio that are ‘poor quality’, why haven’t they been screened out by moderation? 

    Anyway, won’t dwell on the negative, great news that you’re back in business. 

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 8, 2026

    Behance uses auto-moderation tools that frequently create false positives for spamming & bot activity that trigger account suspensions. It’s an issue that gets mentioned a lot on discussion boards like Reddit and the Creative Cloud Services forum.

     

    Adobe is also in the midst of several legal disputes involving their AI. Below is one example. A Google search will reveal others… 

    https://chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2026/06/16/adobe-directors-officials-sued-again-by-shareholders-for-adobes-alleged-use-of-slimpajama-dataset-to-train-ai/

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    Abambo
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    August 8, 2026

    As you know from other cases, it may take a long time, especially if they have a huge backlog.

    ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
    Dmitry14
    Participant
    August 8, 2026

    Bro, I wish you patience while you wait for a response.
    My account has been banned for 51 days now, and I haven't received a response.
    If you receive any kind of response (positive or negative), please continue this thread so other authors can see it too.

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 7, 2026

    OMG! 

     

    Yale MBA student Thierry Rignol filed a 13-count federal lawsuit against Yale University after GPTZero falsely flagged his exam text as artificial intelligence, leading to a wrongful one-year suspension. The case highlights systemic flaws and high false-positive rates in AI detection tools. 

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/how-a-yale-ai-cheating-dispute-became-a-13-count-federal-lawsuit/

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    RALPH_L
    Community Expert
    RALPH_LCommunity ExpertAuthor
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    August 8, 2026

    Thanks for sharing Nancy. An interesting article. Adobe will need to tone back their AI monitoring. I have close to 5000 approved photos. Now, they flag me?