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<p>Social media giant Twitter said on Saturday (June 17) that it discovered shadowbans buried deep under the Twitter code. The code shadow banned accounts and prevented them from trending. In a series of tweets, Twitter said, "The Twitter team continuex to find shadowbans buried deep in the Twitter code. Just last week they found a measure that stopped accounts assigned a low 'Reputation score' from trending." Twitter added the shadowban also applied to Elon Musk's account and prevented his tweets from trending.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Engineers at Twitter didn't know this code existed until it was discovered last week.</p>

<h2><strong>Elon Musk confirms the development</strong></h2>

<p>Confirming the development, Musk said that no one at Twitter knew that this code existed. "True. So many skeletons in the closet. No one at the company knew this code existed," he tweeted on Saturday.</p>

<p>In a later tweet, Twitter said, "Elon confirms that the team are still finding shadowban functions buried deep in the Twitter code."</p>

<p>Further details are awaited.&nbsp;</p>

<h2>Twitter video app for smart TVs is 'coming': Musk</h2>

<p>Saturday's news comes as Elon Musk announced on Saturday that a Twitter video app for smart TVs is in the social media company's plans. According to a report by the news agency Reuters, this move would be in line with the company's new plans to focus on growing video content on the platform.</p>

<p>The announcement comes two days after Twitter's new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Linda Yaccarino and Musk laid out Twitter's plans to focus on video, creator, and commerce partnerships to revitalise the social media company's business beyond digital advertising.</p>

<p>Reuters reported one slide of this presentation said that vertical video accounted for more than 10% of time spent on Twitter. On June 15, Yaccarino said the social media giant is in early conversations with political and entertainment figures, payments services and news and media publishers on potential partnerships, a source told the news agency.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Yaccarino told investors that ad spending in several advertiser categories is now up at least 40% year-over-year, including health, consumer packaged goods and financial services, the source added.<br />
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Social media giant Twitter said on Saturday (June 17) that it discovered shadowbans buried deep under the Twitter code. The code shadow banned accounts and prevented them from trending.

Social media giant Twitter said on Saturday (June 17) that it discovered shadowbans buried deep under the Twitter code. The code shadow banned accounts and prevented them from trending. In a series of tweets, Twitter said, "The Twitter team continuex to find shadowbans buried deep in the Twitter code. Just last week they found a measure that stopped accounts assigned a low 'Reputation score' from trending." Twitter added the shadowban also applied to Elon Musk's account and prevented his tweets from trending. Engineers at Twitter didn't know this code existed until it was discovered last week. Elon Musk confirms the development Confirming the development, Musk said that no one at Twitter knew that this code existed. "True. So many skeletons in the closet. No one at the company knew this code existed," he tweeted on Saturday. In a later tweet, Twitter said, "Elon confirms that the team are still finding shadowban functions buried deep in the Twitter code." Further details are awaited. Twitter video app for smart TVs is 'coming': Musk Saturday's news comes as Elon Musk announced on Saturday that a Twitter video app for smart TVs is in the social media company's plans. According to a report by the news agency Reuters, this move would be in line with the company's new plans to focus on growing video content on the platform. The announcement comes two days after Twitter's new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Linda Yaccarino and Musk laid out Twitter's plans to focus on video, creator, and commerce partnerships to revitalise the social media company's business beyond digital advertising. Reuters reported one slide of this presentation said that vertical video accounted for more than 10% of time spent on Twitter. On June 15, Yaccarino said the social media giant is in early conversations with political and entertainment figures, payments services and news and media publishers on potential partnerships, a source told the news agency. Yaccarino told investors that ad spending in several advertiser categories is now up at least 40% year-over-year, including health, consumer packaged goods and financial services, the source added. WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

Twitter discovers deeply buried code that shadowbans accounts. Musk reacts

<p>Elon Musk said that Twitter is working on a software update that will let&nbsp;users know if their account has been “shadow-banned”, the reason for it and how to appeal.&nbsp;Twitter is "working on a software update that will show your true account status, so you know clearly if you’ve been shadow-banned, the reason why and how to appeal (sic)," Musk&nbsp;tweeted on Friday.</p>

<p>Shadow-banned is a practice that typically makes posts invisible to other users or makes a user’s profile hard to find without your knowledge.</p>

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<p>The topic rose to prominence after a report in 2018 that Twitter secretly shadow-bans Republicans—a claim denied by the firm's co-founder and then-CEO Jack Dorsey.</p>

<p>Recently, Instagram also rolled out a similar feature with its latest update, letting user’s know if they are blocked from recommendations.</p>

<p>The announcement made by Musk comes hours after the second instalment of Twitter Files was released, in which it came to the fore that the employees of the microblogging site used the "Visibility Filtering" tool, which is just another term for shadow-banning, on some users, who identify themselves as conservatives or right-leaning.</p>

<p><strong>Also read |&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/elon-musks-second-installment-of-twitter-files-reveals-how-right-wing-users-were-targeted-541462">Shadowban, secret blacklist: Musk reveals second part of Twitter Files</a></p>

<p>In this second part, journalist Bari Weiss revealed that "teams of Twitter employees build blacklists, prevent disfavoured tweets from trending, and actively limit the visibility of entire accounts or even trending topics—all in secret, without informing users."</p>

<p>Among the accounts that were shadow-banned include popular right-wing talk show host Dan Bongino, conservative activist&nbsp;Charlie Kirk, and Stanford professor Dr Jay Bhattacharya, who expressed doubts about feasibility of the COVID-19 lockdown.</p>

<p>It comes amidst the exodus of advertisers who have been fleeing the platform since Musk took over due to concerns over policy changes and the reinstatement of banned accounts.</p>

<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>

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Elon Musk said that Twitter is working on a software update that will let users know if their account has been “shadow-banned”, the reason for it and how to appeal.

Elon Musk said that Twitter is working on a software update that will let users know if their account has been “shadow-banned”, the reason for it and how to appeal. Twitter is "working on a software update that will show your true account status, so you know clearly if you’ve been shadow-banned, the reason why and how to appeal (sic)," Musk tweeted on Friday. Shadow-banned is a practice that typically makes posts invisible to other users or makes a user’s profile hard to find without your knowledge. Twitter is working on a software update that will show your true account status, so you know clearly if you’ve been shadowbanned, the reason why and how to appeal — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2022 × The topic rose to prominence after a report in 2018 that Twitter secretly shadow-bans Republicans—a claim denied by the firm's co-founder and then-CEO Jack Dorsey. Recently, Instagram also rolled out a similar feature with its latest update, letting user’s know if they are blocked from recommendations. The announcement made by Musk comes hours after the second instalment of Twitter Files was released, in which it came to the fore that the employees of the microblogging site used the "Visibility Filtering" tool, which is just another term for shadow-banning, on some users, who identify themselves as conservatives or right-leaning. Also read | Shadowban, secret blacklist: Musk reveals second part of Twitter Files In this second part, journalist Bari Weiss revealed that "teams of Twitter employees build blacklists, prevent disfavoured tweets from trending, and actively limit the visibility of entire accounts or even trending topics—all in secret, without informing users." Among the accounts that were shadow-banned include popular right-wing talk show host Dan Bongino, conservative activist Charlie Kirk, and Stanford professor Dr Jay Bhattacharya, who expressed doubts about feasibility of the COVID-19 lockdown. It comes amidst the exodus of advertisers who have been fleeing the platform since Musk took over due to concerns over policy changes and the reinstatement of banned accounts. (With inputs from agencies) WATCH WION LIVE HERE:

Musk says Twitter working on software update that will let users know if they are ‘shadow-banned’

Twitter is back in the news, an independent journalist claims to have unearth evidence of alleged dark secrets. Twitter is accused of shadow banning which is method allegedly used to secretly block users. You or your content will not be banned in the lateral sense but the reach and visibility will be limited on purpose.

Explained: What is Twitter 'Shadow-Banning'?