Using the word "censorship" in /r/news comments gets the comment shadow banned.

submitted by cm18 from self.censorship

Go figure. Cannot even talk about "censorship" now.

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[–]RedditHasDied 15 insightful - 2 fun15 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Reddit is like the cult of scientology now. antisocial persons get sent off to a camp in Utah and cannot be mentioned again.

[–]Fitter_Happier 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Reddit is truly full of SP's.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

FREE SPEECH WARRIORS!

Release the CENTS-WHORES-HIP resistant homonyms!!!

[–]No_ 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Misspell it

[–]boeing737 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Yes_

[–]Inspector_Monkfish 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

What is shadow banned?

[–]cm18[S] 9 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

If your comment has the word "censorship" the comment will not be seen by others. I'm not sure if it applies to posts.

[–]Fitter_Happier 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There's a top post in r/conspiracy on "Free Speech" and every remaining comment is "we can't have free speech, really". Every tired argument about "private companies" and "if you get fired for your political opinion that's just like their right man". I believe that sub has been clamped down on.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I suspect that's automod removing posts with certain keywords without notifying the user. It's limited in scope to posts with that keyword and wouldn't discriminate. A shadowban means a user has been targeted with a silent ban, nothing they write shows up for anyone else.

[–]blowininthewind 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

go to removereddit.com and see if there's any luck. or wayback machine but i don't know how well that works.

[–]copenseethe 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Only fascists advocate for free speech. "Censorship" is considered a dog-whistle now by these idiots.