If you’ve been banned from Call of Duty multiplayer and battle royale and you believe you haven’t broken any rules, you can submit an appeal.
As the fight against Call of Duty hackers continues, players that aren’t cheating sometimes get caught in the crossfire. If you get spam reported, that can lead to your account getting hit with a shadowban, even if you aren’t cheating. As a result, you won’t be able to play the game (excluding private matches) until the ban is removed from your account.
With Black Ops 7 on the horizon, preventative measures are being taken in an attempt to reduce the amount of cheaters that infiltrate the upcoming title. On PC, the Black Ops 7 beta will require both TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot to play. TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot requirements, along with the newest Ricochet anti-cheat upgrades will come online together at the launch of Black Ops 7. The purpose of TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot is to enable hardware-based security features that act as an extra layer of protection against software that isn’t trusted.
How to appeal a ban in Call of Duty
- Go to the official Activision ban appeal website.
- Log in to your Activision account.
- You will be shown the status of your ban and there may be an option to appeal an account penalty depending on your circumstance. Temporary bans and shadowbans can’t be appealed.
If you see a question mark symbol that states your account is “under review,” this usually means that you’ve been shadowbanned. The signs of a shadowban in-game are usually high queue times and a ping that continues to rise while you’re trying to search for a match.
A shadowban can last anywhere from 7 to 14 days. It all depends on how long it takes Activision to investigate the ban. The appeal process can make it quicker, but it isn’t guaranteed, so you may have to wait it out.
What is certain is that a shadowban will be revoked, that’s if you haven’t been cheating. If your account is confirmed to be permanently banned, it will not be overturned unless unauthorised activity is found on your Activision account.
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