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deplatform

[ dee-plat-fawrm ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to prohibit (a person or people) from sharing their views in a public forum, especially by banning a user from posting on a social media website or application:

    Some viewers boycotted the advertisers connected to the show in an effort to deplatform the controversial co-host.



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Other Words From

  • de·plat·form·ing noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of deplatform1

First recorded in 2015–20; de- ( def ) + platform ( def )
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Example Sentences

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion Tuesday to “deplatform” illegal cannabis dispensaries, seeking their removal from Google, Yelp and other online platforms.

Florida in 2021 enacted a law that imposed a fine of $25,000 to $250,000 per day on large social media companies that deplatform political candidates.

Another court has blocked a Florida law that fines social media companies that deplatform political candidates.

He said the goal is to develop new legislation “such as the possible enactment of new statutory limits on the Executive Branch’s ability to work with Big Tech to restrict the circulation of content and deplatform users.”

Identity politics and diversity allow liberals to wallow in a cloying moral superiority as they castigate, censor and deplatform those who do not linguistically conform to politically correct speech.

From Salon

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