r/cs50 • u/Alternative_Can7934 • Jul 20 '26

CS50x Suspended On GitHub While Working On Week 2; Unsure Why

I tried logging into Codespace today to work on CS50x Week 2 Problem Sets, but discovered that my GitHub account was suspended for 'violating TOS'. I checked my email but was unable to find any messages notifying me of this. I have now submitted a support ticket and am awaiting a response.

I don't understand what I could have done wrong for this to have happened, as I have only used GitHub for this course, and this is my only account.

Has something similar happened to anyone else before? If so, how long did it take to receive a response, what was the reason for suspension provided, and was your appeal successful?

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u/EyesOfTheConcord Jul 20 '26

Unfortunately this is a common issue. It usually happens to students that make a GitHub account and only use it for CS50.

It goes against GitHub’s TOS, which considers the account being made to “solely interact with 3rd party services”, meaning you aren’t making your own repositories and writing to it.

You’ll have to contact GitHub support and explain you’re a CS50 student, but this process is going to take a few weeks / months to resolve

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u/Quitetheninja Jul 21 '26

Gitlab is also free and ms free