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Shadow banning

Shadow banning, also known as stealth banning, hell banning, ghost banning, and comment ghosting, is the practice of blocking or partially blocking a user or the user's content from some areas of an online community in such a way that the ban is not readily apparent to the user, regardless of whether the action is taken by an individual or an algorithm.…

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Shadow banning

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Edges69
Triples30
Avg. degree1.97
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Shadow banning

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related to Political controversies · 23
Shadow banning → Accounts, After, BuzzFeed News, During, Engadget, However, In, July, Later, New York, Numerous, Republican, Republicans, Search Blacklisted, Shadow, The Guardian, The New York Times, Through, Trends Blacklisted, Twitter
related to Legality · 7
Shadow banning → Although, Article, Digital Services Act, DSA, European Union, If, In

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Shadow banningrelated to LegalityEuropean Union0.60section
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Shadow banningrelated to Political controversiesShadow0.60section
Shadow banningrelated to Political controversiesTwitter0.60section
Shadow banningrelated to Political controversiesRepublicans0.60section
Shadow banningrelated to Political controversiesIn0.60section
Shadow banningrelated to Political controversiesJuly0.60section

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