Chinese dissident activists' Twitter accounts reportedly being shadowbanned or suspended



Since October 2022, when Elon Musk

acquired Twitter and became CEO, the accounts of prominent dissident activists in China have been subject to shadowbans and sudden account suspensions. increase.

The Toll That Twitter's Glitches Are Taking on Chinese Activists - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/14/technology/twitter-china-elon-musk.html

When human rights activist Bao Pu posted a video protesting China's strict zero-corona policy in November 2022, Pu said, ``I'm having trouble finding your posts and accounts on Twitter.'' It was reported to an activist acquaintance.

According to the news media NewYork Times, after October 2022, more than 30 prominent Chinese dissident activist Twitter accounts will no longer display posted content on others' timelines, or their names will appear in search results. It has become clear that we are facing the problem of 'shadow ban' where the is not listed. Three of these activists also revealed that their accounts were suspended without prior warning.




The New York Times said, 'The shadowban of Chinese activist accounts means that key public voices have been hidden on Twitter despite Musk's guarantees of free speech on Twitter. I will.”

Since Mr. Mask became CEO of Twitter, a large-scale personnel reduction has been carried out. As a result, it has been pointed out that there may be fewer employees involved in overseeing Twitter's spam filters, handling user inquiries about accounts, and fixing other problems.

As a result, Twitter reports that the number of employees engaged in content moderation has decreased and hate speech has increased . In addition, the employees who monitored the automated system for deleting spam tweets and fake news on Twitter were laid off in large numbers following a large-scale layoff, resulting in the automated system destroying the accounts of Chinese activists. It is speculated that it has been shadowbanned.



Gabriel Nicholas of the Center for Democracy and Technology , a non-profit organization in the United States, said, ``Because there are not enough staff in non-English moderation, they rely on imperfect machine translation and may be making mistakes. It's very high quality,' he said.

``I lost all trust in Twitter's China division,'' said Canada-based human rights activist Liu Shasha when his account was shadowbanned. In addition, writer Shen Liangqing responded to the account suspension without notice, ``I remembered the censorship of China in the past.If Twitter blocks our account, we will lose the means to speak up. will be.”

Twitter and Musk did not respond to requests for comment in response to the NewYork Times' allegations, but Musk acknowledged that he shadowbanned some users in December 2022, improving transparency. We are announcing plans to


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