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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Today’s dump from Twitter included information that Twitter does shadow ban users.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But before I write any more verbiage on that, consider this comment by Jack Dorsey:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=396 height=224 style='width:4.125in;height:2.3333in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D90B43.E1BA7D30"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>That one sentence caught my attention: We don’t shadow ban and we certainly don’t shadow ban based on political viewpoints.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is that sentence somehow fighting itself? What does the second half of that sentence contribute, if one is claiming the first half?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I will offer the way it comes across: the second half almost sounds like it maybes the first half, converting it from an absolute into a less than certainly. What Musk showed today is that Twitter does shadow ban and they certainly do shadow ban based on political viewpoints. It still has the capability. Now, my hope is that Musk will show us every blacklisted or shadow banned account, and what tweets were affected. Shine a bright light into every shadow.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>