Posted on 04/24/2019 7:43:13 AM PDT by Red Badger
The following article was written by Amanda Metzger, a MichaelSavage.com contributor.
Throughout history many truth tellers have been pushed into the shadows. Sometimes they are the voice of the voiceless and the authorities would prefer the vox populi remain silent.
Ironically, the ones pulling the strings seem to dwell in the darkness of the shadows as well. You cant see them, but you can feel their power.
Shadow banning on Twitter is a tricky practice in which a users content suddenly disappears from news feeds and becomes less prominent, even in the feeds of their most dedicated followers. Its stealth. The user isnt notified that the algorithm views them differently. Without placement in the newsfeed, someone would have to seek out your Twitter page to find you instead of stumble across your tweet while mindlessly scrolling through their feed.
In the case of Michael Savage, it became apparent Sunday after being temporarily blocked last week following the burning of Notre Dame, that now he may join the rebels in the shadows. Some followers who used to receive notifications of his tweets on their smartphones no longer received them. He suddenly found his Periscope live broadcast was limited in the number of viewers.
There have been news reports of conservatives being shadow banned on Twitter. In some cases they no longer appeared in the auto-populated drop-down search menu on Twitter, which slashed their visibility on the social media platform. Even after this was exposed, Twitter denied it and several media outlets went along with them for the ride.
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I’m the same way.
Who actually needs twitter.
These people who get ‘shadow banned’,or even those who are worried it could happen to them, need to re-evaluate how much importance they are placing in these services.
They are ready for the elections. They tried, in 2012 to get hillary elected. They failed. They learned. They are ready for 2020. It will be 100 times worse. All the sane voices will be suppressed. 1984 come true.
Comedian/Pianist Owen Benjamin
There’s also a concept called “common carrier”.
I refuse to tweet!!!!
Don’t do either.
The word police are coming to arrest me!!
Either Trump uses antitrust to bust these bastards up or the First Amendment is D-E-A-D (and along with it, Conservatism).
Google was 90% of the market share.
They are now only 70%.
Need no Govt fix. The market is slowly working.
Google is evil is an everyday statement now, that they cannot walk away from.
I heard YouTube is about to start...
I heard it even applies to...
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I heard YouTube is about to begin attacking...
And to make matters worse, I heard YouTube is even planning to ...
They are now only 70%.
70% is still a monopoly.
The first amendment should not have to wait for the “free market” to run its course. Break it all the hell up.
I know, huh.
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