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p2173<p>This is what I was talking about <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/29/abortion-pills-instagram-shadow-banning" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/jan</span><span class="invisible">/29/abortion-pills-instagram-shadow-banning</span></a> When I wrote this <a href="https://philanthropy2173.ghost.io/shoulda-started-yesterday/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">philanthropy2173.ghost.io/shou</span><span class="invisible">lda-started-yesterday/</span></a> <a href="https://norcal.social/tags/Shadowbanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shadowbanning</span></a> <a href="https://norcal.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://norcal.social/tags/Nonprofits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nonprofits</span></a> <a href="https://norcal.social/tags/foundations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foundations</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.chiefgyk3d.com/@chiefgyk3d" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>chiefgyk3d</span></a></span> +9001%</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClientSideAnticheat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClientSideAnticheat</span></a> is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a> that has no legitimate reason to exist.</p><ul><li>We have a solution for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cheating</span></a>, and tht's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DedicadedServers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DedicadedServers</span></a> and silently <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ShadowBanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShadowBanning</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cheaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cheaters</span></a> into Cheater-only Servers (as done by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FromSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FromSoftware</span></a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DarkSouls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarkSouls</span></a>!)...</li></ul>
Nonilex<p>This is not exactly “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a>” — anyone can still post about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a>, &amp; people who already follow you can still see it. That’s how Taylor Swift reached her 283 million followers w/an endorsement of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a>.
<br>But it is a form of what <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/creators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creators</span></a> have long called “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/shadowbanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shadowbanning</span></a>”: reducing the reach of certain kinds of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/content" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>content</span></a> w/o being transparent about when it’s happening. Political campaigns, too, have been scrambling to find alternative ways to break through.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"Instagram also opted everyone into a new setting to have it recommend less <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> content from accounts you don’t follow. It did not alert users to this...</p><p>This is not exactly “ <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a>” — anyone can still post about <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a>...</p><p>But it is a form of what creators &amp; politicians have long called “ <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/shadowbanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shadowbanning</span></a>”: reducing the reach of certain kinds of content without being transparent about when it’s happening."<br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/16/instagram-limits-political-content-shadowban-election-posts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/technology/</span><span class="invisible">2024/10/16/instagram-limits-political-content-shadowban-election-posts/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>