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Misuse of shadow banning (stealth blocking of users) by social media platforms could go undetected, according to simulations, highlighting "the power and danger of shadow banning for opinion manipulation"

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Misuse of shadow banning (stealth blocking of users) by social media platforms could go undetected, according to simulations, highlighting "the power and danger of shadow banning for opinion manipulation"

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0299977

Article Title: Shaping opinions in social networks with shadow banning

Author Countries: USA

Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.

Journal

PLOS One

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0299977

Article Title

Shaping opinions in social networks with shadow banning

Article Publication Date

27-Mar-2024

COI Statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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