Shadow banning is when a platform limits a user’s reach without that user knowing. For example, if a user makes a post, that post will only be visible to that user and potentially no one else. BigTech has actually been caught several times shadow banning by country (meaning accounts where removed from search results only for users in the US).
Twitter Bans Memelord (@dailydigger19)
15 Oct 2020
Google Censors The Great Barrington Declaration
10 Oct 2020
RealClearPolitics Confirms Google Shadow-Bans Right Wing Media
20 Sep 2020
Twitter Shadow Bans Lin Wood
8 Sep 2020
YouTube Shadow Bans Presidential Candidate Tulsi Gabbard in US *ONLY*
22 Oct 2019
Crowder Confirms YouTube Is Shadow Banning His Channel ONLY in United States
30 Sep 2019
Pinterest Caught Shadow Banning Conservative Content
11 Jun 2019
Google Search Suppresses Progressive / Left-Wing / Anti-War Websites
19 Sep 2017