illatprofilt
Illatprofilt is a neologism used in discussions of online content moderation to describe a pattern in which platform policies are presented as user-driven or algorithmically transparent, while the underlying enforcement remains centralized and opaque. In this sense, the term captures tension between outward signals of participation and inward control over what content is allowed or suppressed. The exact origin of illatprofilt is uncertain; it appears in online critiques and academic-tinged discussions in the late 2010s and early 2020s, without a single author or formal definition.
Commonly, illatprofilt is linked to three features: the public framing of moderation as a matter of user
In practice, illatprofilt is discussed in debates about platform governance, transparency, and bias. It is not