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How do people use self-censorship to avoid having their content suppressed on sites like TikTok?

sarah JonasExpert Pitch

University of Illinois anthropology professor Kendra Calhoun studies the creative language people use on social media platforms to fool algorithms that may incorrectly categorize content as “inappropriate” or “offensive.” Calhoun calls this phenomenon “linguistic self-censorship.” In a recent report, you and…