Internet/Censorship/Soft

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Soft, or indirect, censorship is any of a range of practices more subtle an indirect than simply censoring outright. It is often used by social media companies to control the Official narrative.

Facebook

Full article: Facebook/Censorship

Shadow banning

Full article: Shadow banning

Twitter

Full article: Twitter/Censorship

Reddit

Full article: Reddit/Censorship
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Reddit began [When?] warning users that certain channels "may contain a high degree of misinformation". The 911Truth channel directs users to the 9-11 Commission website, but does not block the channel.

YouTube

Full article: YouTube/Censorship
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Youtube originally offered unrestricted access to videos on its site. Later[When?] it started to require signing in for access to some.

Twitch

Twitch actively engages in censorship.

Vimeo

As of mid 2021 Vimeo started to ask to login for all videos that are not rated ("Video is not rated. Log in to watch.")[1]


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