{"id":1958206,"date":"2023-06-27T14:02:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T18:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shadow-banning-back-at-twitter-strange-thing-happens-when-you-search-for-popular-conservative-account\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T14:04:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T18:04:44","slug":"shadow-banning-back-at-twitter-strange-thing-happens-when-you-search-for-popular-conservative-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shadow-banning-back-at-twitter-strange-thing-happens-when-you-search-for-popular-conservative-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter&#8217;s Shadow Banning Returns: Odd Occurrence with Prominent Conservative Profile Search"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fshadow-banning-back-at-twitter-strange-thing-happens-when-you-search-for-popular-conservative-account%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1958206&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Is Shadow Banning Back at Twitter? Strange Thing Happens When You Search for Popular Conservative Account<\/h2>\n<p>Shortly after Elon Musk took the keys to Twitter HQ, he promised that, in short order, there would be a way to find out if your account had been \u201cshadow banned\u201d \u2014 that is to say that it wouldn\u2019t show up in searches or on users\u2019 feeds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwitter is working on a software update that will show your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-announces-new-twitter-features-reveals-company-targeted-political-candidates-takes-shot-at-biden\/\" title=\"Musk Announces New Twitter Features, Reveals Company Targeted Political Candidates; Takes Shot At Biden\">true account status<\/a>, so you know clearly if you\u2019ve been shadowbanned, the reason why and how to appeal,\u201d he tweeted in December.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Twitter is working on a software update that will show your true account status, so you know clearly if you\u2019ve been shadowbanned, the reason why and how to appeal<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1601042125130371072?\">December 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That hasn\u2019t happened yet. And in February, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/elon-musk-twitter-engineers-shadowban-engagement-1850096392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gizmodo<\/a>, Musk seemed to suspect his own employees were shadow banning him.<\/p>\n<p>The practice may still be alive and well, as some Twitter users suspect after searching for the popular conservative Twitter account \u201cLibs of TikTok,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Monday night, certain users began noticing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/libs-tiktok-creator-travels-confront-aoc-face-face-democrat-lied\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that the account<\/a> \u2014 well-known for posting the excesses of the left \u2014 didn\u2019t seem to be showing up in searches.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/michael-knowles-right-nyt-confirms-thunberg-history-mental-illness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Knowles<\/a> was one of the first to post publicly about the phenomenon:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok?\">@libsoftiktok<\/a> isn\u2019t showing up in Twitter search. Weird! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0HhnImR55H\">pic.twitter.com\/0HhnImR55H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaeljknowles\/status\/1673495781544787969?\">June 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Knowles\u2019 tweet was retweeted by the LibsofTikTok account, with a complaint that this isn\u2019t the first time something like this has happened.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?\">@elonmusk<\/a> and I get dozens of messages a week from people telling me they never see my tweets anymore\u2026 what\u2019s going on?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1673497518980702208?\">June 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201c@elonmusk and I get dozens of messages a week from people telling me they never see my tweets anymore\u2026 what\u2019s going on?\u201d the retweet asked.<\/p>\n<p>Search results on early Tuesday morning brought up the same question.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>All of these are imitation or parody accounts of the actual account, which doesn\u2019t show up.<\/p>\n<p>As of 11:15 a.m. Eastern Time, <a href=\"https:\/\/taishin-miyamoto.com\/ShadowBan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ShadowBird<\/a>, a website that tracks shadowbanned accounts, had the Libs of TikTok page listed under a \u201csearch suggestion ban.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, why might this be? The Western Journal has reached out to Twitter for an answer, but the communications team is not famous for responding to media inquiries. In fact, since March, it has answered emails from the media with an image of human excretion \u2014 a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/03\/20\/1164654551\/twitter-poop-emoji-elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poop emoji<\/a>\u201d in the vernacular.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">press@twitter.com now auto responds with <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1637420728743088130?\">March 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It did the same with The Western Journal on Tuesday, which leaves plenty of uncomfortable room to speculate about why Libs of TikTok is missing from Twitter searches.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps it has something to do with the fact this is \u201cpride\u201d month and Libs of TikTok has been chronicling the debauchery that\u2019s been taking place at those family-friendly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/florida-gay-pride-parade-canceled-passage-child-protection-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pride parades<\/a> happening from coast-to-coast:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following videos contain extremely graphic footage and language that some viewers will find offensive.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This man twerking for kids appears to be the same man who twerked for kids at last year\u2019s Minnesota pride parade. Is this a yearly tradition? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fhLNQ4wkEJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/fhLNQ4wkEJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1673058221513121792?\">June 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fully naked men expose their genitalia in front of children at Seattle pride parade <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xxKh8m8vwC\">https:\/\/t.co\/xxKh8m8vwC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1673059174211633152?\">June 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The party of love, tolerance, and acceptance is encouraging kids to be violent towards people with opposing views <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/So6BZUILun\">https:\/\/t.co\/So6BZUILun<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1673468080310108160?\">June 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The \u201call ages family-friendly\u201d Denver pride festival featured a performer singing about oral sex while another performer acted out a sex scene on stage.<\/p>\n<p>They also invited a bunch of people on stage to twerk for the audience. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OtharDp3x4\">pic.twitter.com\/OtharDp3x4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1673360879008600064?\">June 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The biggest controversy seems to have been caused by footage of the naked men on bikes who exposed their genitalia to children at a Seattle pride event. This seems to have triggered plenty of libs \u2014 including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/two-darlings-left-permanently-banned-twitter-accused-operating-multiple-fake-accounts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brian Krassenstein<\/a>, one-time #resistance keyboard warrior hero, who\u2019s gotten himself in a pickle by trying to defend the degenerates:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are now on day 2 of the Krassensteins desperately trying to tweet their way out of this. Left wing journalists are more upset that I raised awareness about sick perverts showing their junk to kids than the fact that sick perverts showed their junk to kids. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LqkhXNzSrw\">pic.twitter.com\/LqkhXNzSrw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1673363681579597827?\">June 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Whatever the case \u2014 what\u2019s the big deal? Aren\u2019t some of these pride events <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/parent-nightmare-drag-queen-originally-booked-kids-entertainment-satanist-makes-incest-themed-porn-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supposed to be all-ages<\/a>, after all? Libs of TikTok is just collecting all of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shadow-banning-back-at-twitter-strange-thing-happens-when-you-search-for-popular-conservative-account\/\" title=\"Twitter's Shadow Banning Returns: Odd Occurrence with Prominent Conservative Profile Search\">great pride-month family fun<\/a> in one easy-to-access place. What, are the people at Twitter prudes or something?<\/p>\n<p>Some Twitter users speculated it might all be completely innocent, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/medicgordus\/status\/1673498715531915264\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caused simply by technical glitches<\/a>. And maybe that\u2019s the case, maybe it\u2019s not.<\/p>\n<p>But the reality is, conservatives have seen too much from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-poll-watcher-it-expert-non-trump-supporter-affidavit-sudden-surge-of-20000-mail-in-votes-for-biden-in-early-hours-on-nov\/\" title=\"GA Poll Watcher, IT Expert, Non-Trump Supporter Affidavit: Sudden Surge of 20,000 Mail-In-Votes For Biden In Early Hours On Nov\">social media companies<\/a> to give any of them the benefit of the doubt, including the Musk-owned Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/latest-twitter-files-bomb-forget-shadow-banning-twitter-entire-blacklists-names\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">under its previous management<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now it\u2019s time for Elon Musk to step in and stay true to his commitment to free expression.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shadow-banning-back-twitter-strange-thing-happens-search-popular-conservative-account\/\">Shadow Banning Back at Twitter? Strange Thing Happens When You Search for Popular Conservative Account<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>will allow users to easily check if their account has been shadow banned. Elon Musk, who recently gained control of Twitter HQ, made this promise. Shadow banning refers to accounts not appearing in searches or users&#8217; feeds. 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