Download This PaperThe Grey Area: Instagram, Shadowbanning, and the Erasure of Marginalized Communities
6 Pages Posted: 10 Mar 2020
Date Written: February 17, 2020
Abstract
This article explores the relationship between censorship and information behavior on the social media platform Instagram. With a specific focus on the practice of shadowbanning, this article researches the implications of this form of censorship on vulnerable and marginalized communities on- and off-line.
Keywords: Algorithmic Justice, Instagram, Censorship, Shadowban
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Middlebrook, Callie, The Grey Area: Instagram, Shadowbanning, and the Erasure of Marginalized Communities (February 17, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3539721 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3539721
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