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by nkozyra 1288 days ago
> "There's no evidence people and tweets are being suppressed"

Wait, where is this one?

I'm sorry, but it doesn't take coordination to know that shadowbans exist. It's spoken openly on Twitter, there are tools to test accounts, etc. It's not surprising because it's open knowledge. No political persuasion necessary to be in the know here.
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Epitom3 1288 days ago
> Twitter denied that it does such things. In 2018, Twitter's Vijaya Gadde (then Head of Legal Policy and Trust) and Kayvon Beykpour (Head of Product) said: “We do not shadow ban.” They added: “And we certainly don’t shadow ban based on political viewpoints or ideology.”
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aidenn0 1288 days ago
I bet a large fraction of HN didn't know anything about Twitter's moderation; this is normal. I also bet a large fraction of HN did know.
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nkozyra 1288 days ago
> I bet a large fraction of HN didn't know anything about Twitter's moderation; this is normal. I also bet a large fraction of HN did know.

I'm sure this is true. But the claim is that there's some politically-inclined motivation to it all.

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