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'''{{Wplink|Shadow banning}}''', also known as '''stealth banning''', '''hell banning''', '''ghost banning''' or '''comment ghosting''', is a practice done in social media, with the objective to censor, block or hide information that might be considered sensitive for the company, a government or an entity, not showing evident signals to the publisher that their content has been banned. | '''{{Wplink|Shadow banning}}''', also known as '''stealth banning''', '''hell banning''', '''ghost banning''' or '''comment ghosting''', is a practice done in social media, with the objective to censor, block or hide information that might be considered sensitive for the company, a government or an entity, not showing evident signals to the publisher that their content has been banned. | ||
==How it works== | ==How it works== | ||
Shadowbans | Shadowbans typically use practices to think the publisher has still visible their post or content. Common practices usually involve into hiding posts from algorithm recommendations or search results, and making the posts visible for the publishers. More aggressive practices hide completely the posts and making them completely inaccesible from links, but the posts are still visible by the publishers. | ||
==Why it is a problem== | ==Why it is a problem== | ||