Elon Musk has declared that the era of hidden shadowbanning on Twitter is over.
Last Friday, Musk tweeted that they were working on a software update that would show if someone had been shadowbanned and the reason for it. This would allow people to “appeal” against their ban.
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Shadowbanning is a controversial technique that can result in certain posts or users on social media becoming virtually invisible to the public. It caused a stir in 2018 when reports suggested that Twitter had secretly shadowbanned Republican – however, Jack Dorsey strongly denied these allegations.
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Following the revelation of the “Twitter Files” – confidential organizational correspondence that Elon Musk himself revealed through journalists, his announcement came to light.
This series of files exposes Twitter’s “hidden blacklisting” practices, claiming that “groups of Twitter employees create blacklists, block disgruntled tweets from trending, and actively limit the visibility of entire accounts or even trending topics — all secretly, without informing users.”
Social media influencers, such as right-wing talk show host Dan Bongino, conservative activist Charlie Kirk, and Stanford professor Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, were among those secretly banned from Twitter without any notice of what had happened.
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Musk did not share details about how the “true account status” feature would be implemented, nor when it might see the light of day.
Instagram recently launched a groundbreaking feature that lets business accounts know if their content is eligible to be shown to non-followers. The platform even gives users the option to request an additional review of their posts if they believe there was a miscalculation on Instagram's part.
Information source: mashable.com
