If you want to help out, you simply need to go to the website, click "Submit a Report" and choose from the list of social media outlets. A prompt will then ask what reason the social network gave you for pulling down your post or account and to provide a screenshot or a link whenever possible. For instance, if you're submitting a report about Facebook, the prompt lists "inauthentic identity" and "nudity" as some of possible reasons. Facebook once pulled down a number of breastfeeding and post-mastectomy photos and is known for banning people due to its real name policy.

Onlinecensorship.org co-founder Jillian C. York says they'll use the data they collect to raise public awareness on how the outlets are regulating speech. She adds: "We hope that companies will respond to the data by improving their regulations and reporting mechanisms and processes -- we need to hold Internet companies accountable for the ways in which they exercise power over people's digital lives."

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