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==Examples==
==Examples==


* [https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/keep-getting-shadow-banned-on-reddit-with-every-account-i-create-because-i-use-vpn-any-solutions-to-this/23496 Reddit] shadow-banning users that have been on the platform for years with tons of karma for using a VPN for their platform.
* [[Reddit]] shadow-banning users that have been on the platform for years with tons of karma for using a VPN for their platform.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/keep-getting-shadow-banned-on-reddit-with-every-account-i-create-because-i-use-vpn-any-solutions-to-this/23496|title=Keep getting shadow banned on Reddit with every account I create because I use VPN. Any solutions to this?|author=Banjaie|date=2024-12-27|work=Privacy Guides}}</ref>


* [https://www.mic.com/articles/178987/instagrams-shadowban-explained-how-to-tell-if-instagram-is-secretly-blacklisting-your-posts Instagram] shadow-banning users for "hashtag abuse" or specific hashtags that the platform did not like.
* [[Instagram]] shadow-banning users for "hashtag abuse" or specific hashtags that the platform did not like.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mic.com/articles/178987/instagrams-shadowban-explained-how-to-tell-if-instagram-is-secretly-blacklisting-your-posts|title=Instagram’s “shadowban,” explained: How to tell if Instagram is secretly blacklisting your posts|first=Taylor|last=Lorenz|work=MIC|date=2017-06-07}}</ref>


* [[WeChat]] shadow-banning messages in China regarding specific phrases or words mandated by there government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boingboing.net/2016/12/02/chinas-we-chat-shadow-bans.html|title=China's We Chat "shadow-bans" messages with forbidden keywords, but only for China-based accounts|work=BoingBoing|date=2016-12-02|first=Cory|last=Doctorow}}</ref>
* [[WeChat]] shadow-banning messages in China regarding specific phrases or words mandated by there government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boingboing.net/2016/12/02/chinas-we-chat-shadow-bans.html|title=China's We Chat "shadow-bans" messages with forbidden keywords, but only for China-based accounts|work=BoingBoing|date=2016-12-02|first=Cory|last=Doctorow}}</ref>