Techniques for escalating temporary messaging bans

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor circuit on a device;
• a messaging server component operative on the processor circuit to receive one or more messaging interactions from a messaging client on a client device at a messaging service, the messaging client associated with a user account for the messaging service;
• and impose a restriction on the user account from transmitting messaging using the messaging service for a duration based on a messaging ban duration;
• an abuse monitoring component operative to analyze the one or more messaging interactions based on a plurality of messaging abuse criteria to determine that the user account meets a messaging abuse threshold;
• retrieve a messaging abuse punishment history for the user account, wherein the messaging abuse punishment history includes previous punishments imposed on the user account for previous messaging abuses;
• and
• determine a messaging ban duration based on the messaging abuse punishment history and the determination that the user account meets the messaging abuse threshold.

At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:

• receive one or more messaging interactions from a messaging client on a client device at a messaging service, the messaging client associated with a user account for the messaging service;
• analyze the one or more messaging interactions based on a plurality of messaging abuse criteria to determine that the user account meets a messaging abuse threshold;
• retrieve a messaging abuse punishment history for the user account, wherein the messaging abuse punishment history includes previous punishments imposed on the user account for previous messaging abuses;
• determine a messaging ban duration based on the messaging abuse punishment history and the determination that the user account meets the messaging abuse threshold;
• and
• impose a restriction on the user account from transmitting messaging using the messaging service for a duration based on the messaging ban duration.