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'''Shadow banning''' is where a user is not blocked, but their content is blocked so that nobody can read anything they have produced.  It is a way of banning without actually banning.

'''Shadow banning''' is where a user is not blocked, but their content is blocked so that nobody can read anything they have produced.  It is a way of banning without actually banning. Online platforms are protected from any responsibility of shadowbanning by section 230 of the [[Communications Decency Act]].<ref>[https://humanevents.com/2019/06/07/the-section-230-illusion/ The Section 230 Illusion]</ref>

[[James O'Keefe]] released videos of [[Twitter]] engineers discussing how they actively engage in the practice against [[conservative]] voices.<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/01/12/project_veritas_hidden_camera_twitter_and_reddit_do_shadow_ban_certain_political_opinions.html 'Project Veritas' Hidden Camera: Twitter And Reddit Use "Shadow Ban" Algorithms to Censor Political Opinions]</ref><ref>Mainwaring, Doug (January 12, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/shadow-banning-how-twitter-secretly-censors-conservatives-without-them-even ‘Shadow banning’: How Twitter secretly censors conservatives without them even knowing it]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved January 13, 2018.</ref><ref>Nash, Charlie (January 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/01/11/twitter-engineer-admits-to-banning-accounts-that-express-interest-in-god-guns-and-america/ Twitter Engineer Admits to Banning Accounts that Express Interest in God, Guns, and America]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 13, 2018.</ref>

[[James O'Keefe]] released videos of [[Twitter]] engineers discussing how they actively engage in the practice against [[conservative]] voices.<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/01/12/project_veritas_hidden_camera_twitter_and_reddit_do_shadow_ban_certain_political_opinions.html 'Project Veritas' Hidden Camera: Twitter And Reddit Use "Shadow Ban" Algorithms to Censor Political Opinions]</ref><ref>Mainwaring, Doug (January 12, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/shadow-banning-how-twitter-secretly-censors-conservatives-without-them-even ‘Shadow banning’: How Twitter secretly censors conservatives without them even knowing it]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved January 13, 2018.</ref><ref>Nash, Charlie (January 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/01/11/twitter-engineer-admits-to-banning-accounts-that-express-interest-in-god-guns-and-america/ Twitter Engineer Admits to Banning Accounts that Express Interest in God, Guns, and America]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 13, 2018.</ref>