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Minecraft Chat Reporting and Restriction

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Background

Minecraft is a block-based multiplayer sandbox game made by Mojang Studios. The game received criticism following Mojang's acquisition by Microsoft.

[Incident]

Chat reporting

Introduced in Minecraft version 1.19.1, on 1.20.2, player skins are reportable[2]. When a player is reported, they could be banned, temporarily or permanently, on all mutiplayer gameplay, including private servers and local area network (LAN) game. On Realms server, chat messages are automatically scanned and player can be banned even if their massages haven't been reported by anyone else[3].

Chat restriction

The mechanism used for chat restriction was implemented in 1.16.3 for parental control[4]. However, since the "user flags" are connected to the player's Microsoft account. Microsoft can alter them under its own discretion, without the user's (or the user's parents' if parental control is enabled) consent.

In January 2026, Microsoft announced that in February 2026, Minecraft from UK region are blocked (Java Edition) or friend-only (PE, Xbox and Bedrock Edition) unless the client's Xbox account is age-verified. Microsoft is planning to expand the restriction to other regions.

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The restrictions are done on client-side. Minecraft players made mods to get around these restrictions

No Chat Reports

This mod removes cryptographically signatures from chat messages, making them unreportable. It also disables telemetry[5].

SecureChat

This mod adds encryption to your chat[6].

No Chat Restrictions

A work in progress mod that removes the restrictions around the use of multiplayer features, in particular in-game chat[7].

References

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  2. ↑ "Java Edition 1.19.1". Minecraft Wiki. 2025-12-23. Retrieved 2026-01-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ "Our Commitment to Player Safety". Minecraft Help Center. Archived from the original on 2025-12-30. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
  4. ↑ @Aizistral (2026-01-26). "Minecraft's New Chat Restrictions are WORSE Than You Think". Youtube. Retrieved 2021-01-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ @Aizistral. "No Chat Reports". Modrinth. Archived from the original on 2026-01-14. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
  6. ↑ @BRNSystems. "SecureChat". Modrinth. Retrieved 2026-01-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ @Aizistral (2026-01-25). "No Chat Restrictions". Curseforge. Retrieved 2026-01-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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