‘Shadowbanning’: No longer just a right-wing conspiracy

Published December 9, 2022 8:37pm ET




Elon Musk revealed the second part of his “Twitter Files” expose on Thursday, and it confirmed what many had long suspected: The platform actively suppressed the accounts of prominent conservatives, “preventing disfavored tweets from trending, and actively limiting the visibility of entire accounts or even trending topics—all in secret, without informing users.”

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