> since the late 90s/early aughts
Online censorship started far earlier. Bulletin boards in the 80s had the equivalent of today's shadowbans:
ask.metafilter.com/1177…
https://ask.metafilter.com/117775/What-was-the-first-website-to-hide-trolls-activity-to-everyone-but-the-troll-himself?ref=blog.codinghorror.com
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> since the late 90s/early aughts
Online censorship started far earlier. Bulletin boards in the 80s had the equivalent of today's shadowbans:
https://ask.metafilter.com/117775/What-was-the-first-website-to-hide-trolls-activity-to-everyone-but-the-troll-himself?ref=blog.codinghorror.com