Muted on Arrival

This session confronts one of the most insidious dynamics affecting Black visibility in the digital age: algorithmic suppression. It’s not just about “shadowbans” or engagement drop-offs. It’s about what happens when Black professionals, creators, and thought leaders are rendered invisible by systems that reward neutrality, whiteness, and sanitized messaging over truth, urgency, and cultural clarity.

We’ll move beyond diagnosing the problem to offering a tangible Toolkit for Digital Liberation — equipping Black creators with actionable strategies for reciprocity, community-building, and equity.

Panelist Perspectives

• Alphonzo Terrell: A platform builder’s lens on reclaiming infrastructure, disrupting extractive models, and “building your own” as a form of resistance and visioning.
• Charles Amuzie: A digital advocacy perspective on public policy, civic engagement, and scalable community solutions to counter systemic erasure.
• Chereese Sheen: Grounded insights on lived suppression, the economics of platform exit, and community-centered innovation — adding narrative texture to the Toolkit for Digital Liberation.

The Big Idea
This session moves beyond grievance and into design. Suppression isn’t just a tech glitch — it’s a power issue with measurable costs: lost partnerships, erased labor, cultural distortion, and economic harm. Together we’ll dissect the issue and co-create a roadmap for moving from muted to mobilized.