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What term would you use instead of shadowban when one or more entities are blocking a person (or in this case a company) and access to their website without rev
by vivegi 4y ago
What term would you use instead of shadowban when one or more entities are blocking a person (or in this case a company) and access to their website without revealing why the block was in place in a transparent manner?
The aggrieved party has filed a Right to Information petition with the Indian government agency (equivalent to a Freedom of Information Act request under US law).
I think the term is appropriate esp. since some ISPs are not blocking it.
- 0cVlTeIATBs 4y ago"Ban." The shadow in shadowban refers to the fact of the ban itself being hidden, whereas in this case the block is plainly visible to anyone affected.
- egeozcan 4y agoI'd argue that shadowban is visible to everyone but the banned, which is the case here (as in VLC not being notified). They can deduce that through the reduced download counts, but so can the shadowbanned users here through the vote counts.
- 0cVlTeIATBs 4y agoWe've never said that Google is "shadowbanned" in China before, nor any other site filtered by the great firewall.
- patates 4y agoThere is an article that specifically says that VLC wasn't informed of the decision. Underlining this by saying shadowbanned wouldn't be overselling it, right?
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- tinus_hn 4y agoNobody ever notifies the target if they block them. Do you think Google sends you an email if they put your server on their gmail blacklist? It’s just that, a block. The trend where some government action causes third parties to voluntarily block things even if it’s not directly required is called a ‘chilling effect’: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect