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X users are still complaining about arbitrary shadowbanning
Users of Elon Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter) continue complaining the platform is engaging in shadowbanning -- aka restricting the visibility of posts by Users of Elon Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter) continue complaining the platform is engaging in shadowbanning without providing users with any clarity over why it's limited their reach.
Complaints that surface in a search for the phrase “temporary label” show users appear to have received only generic notifications about the reasons for the restrictions — including a vague text in which X states their accounts “may contain spam or be engaging in other types of platform manipulation”. But for X users located in the European Union there’s now a decent chance Musk will be forced to unpick this Gordian Knot — as the platform’s content moderation policies are under scrutiny by Commission enforcers overseeing compliance with the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA). Asked during a press briefing last Thursday for an update on its DSA investigation into X, a Commission official pointed back to a recent meeting between the bloc’s internal market commissioner Thierry Breton and X CEO Linda Yaccarino, last month, saying she had reiterated Musk’s claim that it wants to comply with the regulation during that video call.
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