Instagram unveils a new tool that will allow users to see if they have been shadow banned.
Dr Carolina Are, a content moderation researcher at the Centre For Digital Citizens at Northumbria University, said Instagram has historically had a major issue with people having posts 'hidden' without their knowledge.
Dr Are is also a content creator on Instagram, where she often posts videos as a pole dance instructor - and says she has experienced so-called shadow banning herself. It can sometime lead to amusing consequences, with one Reddit user previously telling the BBC he didn't know he'd been shadow banned -There are some benefits to the practice, however. It allows big tech companies to block harmful content from spreading, limiting disinformation.
She said the problem is exacerbated by a lack of real people involved in the moderation process, which is often automated.
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