The Twitter Files, released in December 2022 by journalists Matt Taibbi, Bari Weiss, and Michael Shellenberger, revealed that Twitter maintained secret blacklists, suppressed trending topics, and limited account visibility — all while publicly denying the practice of shadow banning. Internal tools like 'Visibility Filtering' allowed staff to make accounts effectively invisible without notification. The files also showed the FBI regularly flagged accounts and content for suppression, blurring the line between government censorship and private platform moderation.
Twitter Files confirmed secret blacklists, visibility filtering, and shadow banning — practices Twitter had publicly denied
“Twitter is secretly shadow banning accounts and suppressing certain viewpoints while publicly denying it. They have blacklists and tools to make you invisible without telling you.”
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