deplatform

From de- +‎ platform.

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

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

1. (transitive, formal) To prevent someone from using a platform to express their opinion.

   Synonyms: no-platform, unplatform

   • 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.

• platformed