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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). [ | + | [[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> |
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| − | *[ | + | *[https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/01/11/twitter-censorship-what-is-shadow-banning/ Twitter Censorship: What Is Shadow Banning?], by Lucas Nolan at ''Breitbart News'' |
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Latest revision as of 13:36, October 19, 2019
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.[1]
James O'Keefe released videos of Twitter engineers discussing how they actively engage in the practice against conservative voices.[2][3][4]
See also
References
- ↑ The Section 230 Illusion
- ↑ 'Project Veritas' Hidden Camera: Twitter And Reddit Use "Shadow Ban" Algorithms to Censor Political Opinions
- ↑ Mainwaring, Doug (January 12, 2018). ‘Shadow banning’: How Twitter secretly censors conservatives without them even knowing it. LifeSiteNews. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
- ↑ Nash, Charlie (January 11, 2018). Twitter Engineer Admits to Banning Accounts that Express Interest in God, Guns, and America. Breitbart News. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
External links
- Twitter Censorship: What Is Shadow Banning?, by Lucas Nolan at Breitbart News