Elon Musk X Corp. (formerly Twitter) Doubles Down on Ghost Bans — Fraud
A ghost ban is a psychological censorship tool used by Elon Musk (free speech, not reach) and his workers.
X Corp. doesn’t tell you what you did wrong, they don’t tell you which post is the offending post. They want you to fear posting anything beyond something mundane.
It seems X Corp. wants people to second guess themselves and to self censor!
Is X trying to control people’s thoughts and speech?
Here is the email X sent when I complained about the ghost ban, which they never notified 2VNews was in effect. 2VNews had to figure it out.
Hello @2VNews,
We appreciate your message, and we do have more information for you.
Sometimes, we will take action on an account or post(s) based on behaviors that create a negative impact on X. This can include interactions with other accounts, posting inappropriate content, or a variety of other violations of our rules. As a result, the visibility of these accounts or post(s) may be affected. We have more information available on the X blog, and our Help Center(*This page doesn’t even exist.) For most accounts, this is a temporary outcome, and if no further negative behavior occurs, the account will eventually be restored to full access and visibility.
If your account is locked or suspended and you believe this decision was incorrect, please file an appeal using this form.
This case will be closed and any additional responses will not be reviewed. If you need help, please file a new report.
Thanks,
Nate
Paid Features Support
Here is an image of the email:
This is a breach of contract.
Such punitive actions can not be for ambiguous reasons. The violations must be clearly stated. Specifically, which X rule did the post violate?
When you buy a subscription you’re paying for services from A to Z.
Ghost ban cuts services to just A – without any notice.
So that’s basically no service for your money.
That’s fraud.
There is no way to know which posts are breaking their supposed rules. So there’s no way to stop triggering their censorship over and over again. This is despicable.
Show more replies is another censorship method X uses to bury your posts with no notice. Again fraud.
If we are going to pay for a subscription then the least X can do is give an explanation for each censorship. Also if a reply gets censored into “show more replies” there should be note accompanying it explaining why to the person posting the reply. If X is going to ghost ban, shadow ban, etc. then the least X can do is always give a notification and an explanation why.
Who knows how many methods of censorship X uses, but without a notice of what has exactly violated their rules you’re just being deceived. You lose services without even knowing. This makes your subscription practically worthless. This is fraud. Despicable fraud!
2VNews was ghost banned for 7 days, without any notice of the ban or rule violation. Temporary fake service that’s paid for is still fraud.
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
Almost a year later and nothing.
No warnings.
No notifications.
No service – only an illusion of service.
No way to know what to correct to avoid future bans.
No refund.
= FRAUD
There should be class-action lawsuit against X Corp.
2VNews might be filling out a fraud complaint with the FTC and other agencies.
