You're bringing up a person-to-person case that I have _three times now_ stated that I am not talking about. People are doing that because that's what "block"

You're bringing up a person-to-person case that I have _three times now_ stated that I am not talking about. People are doing that because that's what "block" in the social media context usually means. Sites ban, users block. And that's what the journalist probably meant too, so your position rather sounds like an attack on a strawman.