The Twitter File Shows That Twitter Doesn't Shadow Banned Accounts

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Twitter has argued in the past that they don't shadow ban, but that they do demote sort of your tweets if what you're saying breaks some of their rules. Elon himself has said that he will use this tactic for people who spread spam or say things that are not pleasant. We don't know if this is really full on shadow banning or it's just sort of every day business that Twitter was doing to make its platform usable and pleasant for other people.

Maybe not, but you’re going to be hearing about them for a while anyway. Republicans are saying they’ll use them to investigate the Biden administration.

This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn and Victoria Chamberlain, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.

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