On Wednesday a Vice News story reported that some senior Republican officials were not visible in automatic search results. Vice framed this as “shadow banning” without providing any evidence that it was deliberate.
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Shadowban
//ˈʃædoʊbæn//
Synonyms for "shadowban" (5 found)
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7 translations across 3 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 限流 noun (an instance of shadowbanning)
French
2 entries- bannissement furtif noun (an instance of shadowbanning)
- shadow banning noun (an instance of shadowbanning)
German
4 entries- Schattenbann noun (an instance of shadowbanning)
- Shadowban noun (an instance of shadowbanning)
- mit einem Schattenbann belegen verb (to ban a user without their knowledge)
- mit einem Shadowban belegen verb (to ban a user without their knowledge)
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Over the weekend, Sweeney tweeted that his account had been shadowbanned, meaning that its visibility had been deliberately reduced.
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You can also use external software designed to check for shadowbanning.
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On Tuesday, Ghostwriter returned with a new track, titled “Whiplash,” this time using A.I. vocal filters to sound like the rappers Travis Scott and 21 Savage and deliver a message to the industry: “Me and Writer raise a toast,” the A.I. version of 21 Savage raps. “Trying to shadowban my boy/but you can’t kill a ghost.”
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