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Meaning of shadowban in English

shadowban
verb [ I or T ]
(also shadow ban)
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/ˈʃæd.oʊ.bæn/ uk
/ˈʃæd.əʊ.bæn/
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If a social media company shadowbans someone's posts (= messages or pictures on social media), it limits who can see them, usually without the person who has published them knowing. :
The social media platform claims that it does not shadowban.
I'm pretty sure my post has been shadow banned.
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shadowban
noun [ C ]
(also shadow ban)
us
/ˈʃæd.oʊ.bæn/ uk
/ˈʃæd.əʊ.bæn/
an act of a social media company limiting who can see someone's posts (= messages or pictures on social media), usually without the person who has published them knowing:
There are steps you can take to lift your shadow ban.
Shadowbans can stop a digital marketing strategy dead in its tracks as they completely hide posts from audiences.
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(Definition of shadowban from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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