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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 yvlog Forms

  • ··ڴǰ·Բ noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of deplatform1

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

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Having already robbed the news industry of billions in revenue, his social media sites long ago made the decision to deplatform news, from deliberately burying it on Threads to completely banning it on Facebook in Canada.

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Meanwhile, Jonathan Greenblatt, head of the Anti-Defamation League, took to X and claimed that Piker’s “toxic screeds against the Jewish state normalize bigotry and launder terror,” imploring media companies to deplatform him.

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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.

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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.

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

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