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.

Other Word Forms

• deplatforming noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of deplatform¹

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

Example Sentences

Hence their willingness to fire employees or deplatform entertainers who do not toe the party line.

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By May, a list of about 40 artists including Fontaines DC signed an open letter expressing support for Kneecap, saying there was a concerted attempt to censor and "deplatform" them.

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The statement said there had been a "clear, concerted attempt to censor and ultimately deplatform" the band.

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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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