My AdSense account is around 10 years old. The site affected is also around the same age. The infringement is related to links to torrent sites. But the example threads pointed out by Google were discussions related to ISPs blocking access to these sites which is essentially about internet censorship and not copyright infringement.

This is not a new thing. Since the beginning of the forum, we have discussed about internet services, online services and blocking of websites by ISPs in my country. The forum does not allow posting of links pointing to pirated material. But of course, when you talk about censorship, users do link to the sites like The Pirate Bay and such.

My question is… What should I do before filing an appeal? Remove all discussions around file sharing and torrent sites? Or Google only has issues with actual links to these sites? Would it be fine if I kill all active links and keep the name of the sites on my forum?

I am guessing I only get one shot at appealing the ban. What are my chances at getting this block removed?

PS. My account is not banned. Only ad serving to one domain is blocked right now.

Please advise.