From Narrative Bans to Design Tweaks: Shifting Tactics in the Censorship Industry

In the early days of the platform censorship era, the favored approach was relatively blunt: ban big accounts, remove posts, issue takedowns of disfavored narratives, or suspend users whose content crossed certain lines. As this approach has become unpopular, the censorship industry now aims for something more insidious: rather than outright removing speech, the new…