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by ivvve 1844 days ago
Why?
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The computer says no. Probably some automated Google process. Curious what voting to undo it will accomplish.
The reason stated on the page is,

> comp.lang.tcl has been identified as containing spam, malware, or other malicious content.

This type of ban isn't new for comp.lang groups. In 2020 comp.lang.forth and comp.lang.lisp were banned with the same message: https://support.google.com/groups/thread/61391913/some-usene.... The response from a person with a "Gold Product Expert" badge in the support thread was that "since the Usenet newsgroups doesn't have owners there is not any way to appeal the Ban".

Edit: comp.lang.python is banned, too. https://groups.google.com/g/comp.lang.python