deplatform

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deplatforming

Etymology

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /diˈplætfɔɹm/
Hyphenation: de‧plat‧form

Verb

deplatform (third-person singular simple present deplatforms, present participle deplatforming, simple past and past participle deplatformed)

(transitive, formal) To prevent someone from using a platform to express their opinion.
Synonyms: no-platform, unplatform

Antonym: replatform
- 2017, Barry R. Harker, It’s Sunday in America, →ISBN, page 28:
  The Western trend to deplatform or disinvite campus speakers, whose views are considered objectionable, is in full swing.
- 2018, George Hawley, The Alt-Right, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125:
  In 2017, The Daily Stormer was at the center of a new effort to deplatform the extreme elements of the Alt-Right from the Internet.
- 2019, Mark Dice, The Liberal Media Industrial Complex, Mark Dice, →ISBN:
  Defame, demonetize, and deplatform is their M.O.
- 2020 November 12, Arielle Pardes, “Inside Parler, the Right's Favorite 'Free Speech' App”, in Wired‎, →ISSN:
  There are only two rules on Parler, the “free-speech” social network: First, nothing criminal. Second, no spam. Other than that, you can post what you want, the site advertises, “without fear of being ‘deplatformed’ for your views.”
- 2022 March 8, Richard L. Hasen, “How Supreme Court Radicalism Could Threaten Democracy Itself”, in Slate‎:
  Consider the decision of Facebook and Twitter to “deplatform” Trump after he helped inspire the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
- 2025 December 21, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, quoting JD Vance, “Vance Refuses to Take Sides in G.O.P. Fight Over Bigotry”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
  “I didn’t bring a list of conservatives to denounce and deplatform,” Mr. Vance said, arguing that Mr. Kirk had welcomed debate.
  (Can we archive this URL?)

Translations

to prevent someone from utilizing a platform to express their opinion

Dutch: deplatformeren, deplatformen
Russian: деплатформинг (ru) m (deplatforming), деплатформирование n (deplatformirovanije)
Swedish: deplattformera

Anagrams

platformed