GitHub Bans Outlook and Hotmail

⚠️⚠️⚠️ Breaking News: @GitHub has banned the use of #Outlook and #Hotmail email addresses for registering new accounts, due to their continuous exploitation by black-hat and gray-market gangs for account creation and abuse. Previously, these gangs favored using Outlook and Hotmail to register GitHub accounts, as these email services have large user bases and good reputations, making them less likely to be blocked by the platform. Now, GitHub has made a firm decision to block Outlook and Hotmail—it's clear they've had enough. Read the full article: Create your free account Sign up for GitHub Continue with Google Continue with Apple Email Password Username Your Country/Region Email preferences Create account

A fake breaking-news post claims that GitHub has banned Outlook and Hotmail addresses because black-hat and gray-market groups abused them to create accounts. The joke is an ironic reversal of the attached context: Microsoft supposedly banning its own mail service, while the screenshot shows GitHub registration using an email address. It is sent as a reaction to absurd corporate bans and spam-abuse news. EN: A fake breaking-news post claims that GitHub has banned Outlook and Hotmail addresses because black-hat and gray-market groups abused them to create accounts. The joke is an ironic reversal of the attached context: Microsoft supposedly banning its own mail service, while the screenshot shows GitHub registration using an email address. It is sent as a reaction to absurd corporate bans and spam-abuse news.

• @gentoomemes / 22140 2026-09-28