Pokemon Go Why Spoofers Were Attacked! (2018)

So Niantic tried to cover them selfs with their own mistakes and as a basic solution they decided to crack down, make a security patch and fix the inaccurate data given to sponsors. Leaving spoofers with a red warning sign. This could just be a scare tactic.

The Article is from 2017 but this could still apply to people who got shadow banned.

Article: https://www.pymnts.com/news/2017/niantic-charges-pokemon-go-sponsors-up-to-50-cents-per-visitor/

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